ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition vs RX Vega 56
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 198 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 18.20 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 11.38 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | R360 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 August 2017 (8 years ago) | 4 March 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 3584 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1156 MHz | 378 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1471 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 117 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 329.5 | 3.024 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.54 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 8 |
| TMUs | 224 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP Pro 8x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
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 | HBM2 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 338 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 21.63 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2017 | 4 March 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 210 Watt | 60 Watt |
RX Vega 56 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9800 PRO Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 56 and Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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