ATI Radeon 9800 XXL vs HD 7420G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1220not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.65no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameScrapper LiteR360
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (13 years ago)1 October 2003 (22 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 cores128no data
Core clock speed480 MHz390 MHz
Boost clock speed655 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.2403.120
Floating-point processing power0.1677 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48
TMUs88

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataFloppy

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared338 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data21.63 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 1 October 2003
Chip lithography 32 nm 150 nm

HD 7420G has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 369% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7420G and Radeon 9800 XXL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7420G is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9800 XXL is a desktop one.

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