GeForce 6200 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9800

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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
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameR350NV18 C1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)14 December 2003 (20 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.

Core clock speed325 MHz230 MHz
Number of transistors117 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.6000.92
ROPs82
TMUs84

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 8xAGP 8x
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed290 MHz66 MHz
Memory bandwidth18.56 GB/s1.056 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0 (9_0)8.0
OpenGL2.01.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 14 December 2003

6200 AGP has an age advantage of 9 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 and GeForce 6200 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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