ATI Radeon X800 XL vs ATI FireGL V7700

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
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV670R430
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date19 November 2007 (16 years ago)1 December 2004 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 cores320no data
Core clock speed777 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors666 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data49 Watt
Texture fill rate12.436.400
Floating-point processing power0.4973 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1616
TMUs1616

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1126 MHz490 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.06 GB/s31.36 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 November 2007 1 December 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 110 nm

ATI FireGL V7700 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V7700 and Radeon X800 XL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V7700 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X800 XL is a desktop one.


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