ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition vs ATI HD 3870 X2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1043 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.65 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | R680 | R360 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 January 2008 (18 years ago) | 4 March 2004 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 320 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 378 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 ×2 | 3.024 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.528 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 ×2 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP Pro 8x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB ×2 | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 901 MHz | 338 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.66 GB/s ×2 | 21.63 GB/s |
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, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 January 2008 | 4 March 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 60 Watt |
ATI HD 3870 X2 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 173% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9800 PRO Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 175% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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