A800 PCIe 40 GB vs Radeon R9 M275X

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking657not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVenusGA100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 January 2014 (10 years ago)8 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price$9.99 no data

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 cores6406912
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed925 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rate37.00609.1
Floating-point performance1,184 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount4 GB40 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s1,555 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
Eyefinity1no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 11N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 January 2014 8 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

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