Tesla P100 SXM2 vs ATI Radeon 9800
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1421 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.28 | no data |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | R350 | GP100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (21 year ago) | 5 April 2016 (8 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 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 325 MHz | 1328 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 117 million | 15,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.600 | 331.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 10.61 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 96 |
| TMUs | 8 | 224 |
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 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 290 MHz | 704 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 18.56 GB/s | 720.9 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2003 | 5 April 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 300 Watt |
ATI 9800 has 710.8% lower power consumption.
Tesla P100 SXM2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 and Tesla P100 SXM2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9800 is a desktop card while Tesla P100 SXM2 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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