ATI Radeon 9200 LE vs HD 8970M Crossfire

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	353	1603
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.56	no data
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	Neptune CF	RV280
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 May 2012 (13 years ago)	1 May 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	2560	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	28 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1.000
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	4

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	no data	64 MB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 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

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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	11.1	8.1
OpenGL	no data	1.4
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

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FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 May 2012	1 May 2003
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	28 Watt