Radeon R9 285X vs ATI 7000

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
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV100Tonga
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 February 2001 (23 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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed183 MHz1002 MHz
Number of transistors30 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate0.55128.3
Floating-point processing powerno data4.104 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs3128

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 MB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed183 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.928 GB/s264.0 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 200 Watt

ATI 7000 has 769.6% lower power consumption.

R9 285X, on the other hand, has a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 7000 and Radeon R9 285X. We've got no test results to judge.


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