Radeon 9800 vs VII

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	75	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	65.99	no data
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name	Vega 20	R350
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2019 (5 years ago)	1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data
Current price	$160 (0.2x MSRP)	$43

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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 cores	3840	no data
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	325 MHz
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,230 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	420.0	2.600

Size and 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 8x
Length	305 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x Molex

Memory

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	16 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	580 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1024 GB/s	18.56 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics 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 performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	7 February 2019	1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	37 Watt

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