Radeon 9700 vs R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 725 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | Rage 8 (2002−2006) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri Spectre | R300 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 July 2002 (21 year ago) |
| Current price | no data | $7.52 |
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 37 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 2.200 |
Size and 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 | no data | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | Floppy |
Memory
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 | no data | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 540 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 17.28 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| OpenGL | no data | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | no data | N/A |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 14 January 2014 | 1 July 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and Radeon 9700. We've got no test results to judge.
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