ATI Radeon 9700 vs RX Vega 10

Place in the ranking	686	1429
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	29.31	0.26
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	Raven	R300
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 January 2019 (6 years ago)	1 July 2002 (22 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	640	no data
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	1301 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,940 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	52.04	2.200
Floating-point processing power	1.665 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	40	8

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	IGP	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy

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	System Shared	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	128 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	17.28 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no data

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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega 10 4.25
+2936%

ATI 9700 0.14

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX Vega 10 1632
+2979%

ATI 9700 53

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	12	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	11	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	17	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	14	0−1
Metro Exodus	12	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	19	0−1
Valorant	22	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2	0−1
Dota 2	18	0−1
Far Cry 5	17	0−1
Fortnite	15	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	7−8	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	10	0−1
Metro Exodus	6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	48 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16	0−1
Valorant	10−11	0−1
World of Tanks	42 +4100%	1−2 −4100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	0−1
Dota 2	29	0−1
Far Cry 5	19	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	12	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	7−8	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +3600%	1−2 −3600%
Valorant	10−11	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	3−4	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
World of Tanks	30−33	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +3100%	1−2 −3100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	9−10	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	5−6	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8	0−1
Valorant	12−14	0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	16−18	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Fortnite	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
Valorant	4−5	0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.25	0.14
Recency	8 January 2019	1 July 2002
Chip lithography	14 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	37 Watt

RX Vega 10 has a 2935.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 971.4% more advanced lithography process, and 270% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 10 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 10 is a notebook card while Radeon 9700 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.