Radeon Picasso vs ATI 9800 PRO MAXX

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR300 (2005−2008)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameR350Picasso
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno datano data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data640
Core clock speed380 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1301 MHz
Number of transistors117 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)94 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate3.04052.04
Floating-point processing powerno data1.665 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8xIGP
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed680 MBpsSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth21.76 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (12_1)
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 94 Watt 10 Watt

Picasso has a 971.4% more advanced lithography process, and 840% lower power consumption.

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