ATI 3D Rage PRO Turbo vs Switch GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)no data
GPU code nameGM20BRage Pro Turbo
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 March 1997 (27 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 cores256no data
Core clock speed384 MHz75 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,000 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology20 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.290.08
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs161

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).

InterfaceIGPAGP 2x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR4SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz75 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s600 MB/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 outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)6.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL1.2None
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2017 1 March 1997
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 MB
Chip lithography 20 nm 350 nm

Switch GPU has an age advantage of 20 years, a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and 3D Rage PRO Turbo. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Switch GPU is a notebook card while 3D Rage PRO Turbo is a desktop one.


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