Qualcomm Adreno 685 vs Radeon 9800

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	773
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.67
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2006)	no data
GPU code name	R350	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2003 (21 year ago)	6 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Current price	$43	$1429

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	325 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	117 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.600	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 9800 and Qualcomm Adreno 685 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	AGP 8x	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	580 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	18.56 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12
OpenGL	2.0	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2003	6 December 2018
Chip lithography	150 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	7 Watt

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