ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP vs A100 PCIe
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | R420 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 1 September 2004 (20 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 | 6912 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | 160 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | 6.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 19.49 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 160 | 16 |
| TMUs | 432 | 16 |
| Tensor Cores | 432 | 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 4.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x Molex |
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 | HBM2e | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz | 398 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | 25.47 GB/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 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 Ultimate (12_2) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 June 2020 | 1 September 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 130 nm |
A100 PCIe has an age advantage of 15 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between A100 PCIe and Radeon X800 VE AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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