GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q vs ATI Graphics Ultra

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
ArchitectureMach (1992−1997)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameMach8AD106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1992 (32 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 coresno data4608
Core clock speed10 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology800 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data177.1
Floating-point processing powerno data11.34 TFLOPS
ROPs148
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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).

InterfaceISA 16 BitPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeVRAMGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 MB8 GB
Memory bus width32 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth40 MB/s224.0 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 VGAPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 800 nm 4 nm

RTX 4070 Max-Q has a 819100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 19900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Graphics Ultra and GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Graphics Ultra is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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ATI Graphics Ultra
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