ATI Radeon 9800 XXL vs HD 8250
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1288 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.90 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Kalindi | R360 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (12 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 cores | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 390 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 3.120 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1024 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 | IGP | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | Floppy |
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 | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 338 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 21.63 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 1 October 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
HD 8250 has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8250 and Radeon 9800 XXL. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8250 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9800 XXL is a desktop one.
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