ATI Radeon 9800 XT vs GRID K340

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking754not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGK107R360
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384no data
Core clock speed950 MHz412 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate30.403.296
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88
TMUs328

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 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz365 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s23.36 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 60 Watt

GRID K340 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9800 XT, on the other hand, has 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K340 and Radeon 9800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K340 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9800 XT is a desktop one.


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