Atari VCS 800 GPU vs Radeon R9 M370X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking741not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameCape VerdeBanded Kestrel
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date19 May 2015 (10 years ago)14 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores640192
Core clock speed800 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1201 MHz
Number of transistors1500 Million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data14.41
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4612 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data12

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP
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 typeGDDR5DDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data38.4 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 May 2015 14 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Atari VCS 800 GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M370X and Atari VCS 800 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M370X is a notebook graphics card while Atari VCS 800 GPU is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon R9 M370X
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