RTX A500 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 358 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.20 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2006) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | R360 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 14 March 2004 (21 years ago) | 10 November 2021 (3 years ago) |
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 cores | no data | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 412 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 117 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.296 | 113.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 7.25 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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).
| Interface | AGP Pro 8x | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 365 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 23.36 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 March 2004 | 10 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A500 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition is a desktop graphics card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.
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