Atari VCS 400 GPU vs Radeon R7 A265

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking786not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameOpalBanded Kestrel
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 January 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249
Current price$324 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores384192
Core clock speed725 MHzno data
Boost clock speed825 MHz1201 MHz
Number of transistors950 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate19.8014.41
Floating-point performance633.6 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8IGP
Lengthno data295 mm
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s38.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2014 14 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

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