ATI R420 vs ATI M98
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 | TeraScale (2005−2013) | R400 (2004−2008) |
GPU code name | M98 | R420 |
Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | no data (2024 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 | 800 | no data |
Number of transistors | 956 million | 160 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 130 nm |
ROPs | 16 | 16 |
TMUs | 40 | 16 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0b (9_2) |
Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
Chip lithography | 55 nm | 130 nm |
ATI M98 has a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between M98 and R420. We've got no test results to judge.
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