ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 837 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri Spectre | R300 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 1 July 2002 (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 | 512 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | 325 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 2.600 ×4 |
| ROPs | no data | 8 ×4 |
| TMUs | no data | 8 ×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).
| Interface | no data | PCI |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 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 | no data | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 128 MB ×4 |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit ×4 |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 310 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 19.84 GB/s ×4 |
| 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 data | 4x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D 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 | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 January 2014 | 1 July 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and Radeon 9700 PRO X4. We've got no test results to judge.
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