ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 256-bit vs HD 7970M X2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | R300 (2003−2008) |
| GPU code name | Wimbledon | R350 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 April 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 March 2003 (23 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 | 1280 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 380 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 47 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 68.00 ×2 | 3.040 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.176 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 ×2 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 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 | MXM-B (3.0) | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB ×2 | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 340 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s ×2 | 21.76 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 (1.2) | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2012 | 1 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 47 Watt |
HD 7970M X2 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9800 PRO 256-bit, on the other hand, has 326% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970M X2 and Radeon 9800 PRO 256-bit. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M X2 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9800 PRO 256-bit is a desktop one.
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