Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

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 8 (2002−2007)no data
GPU code nameR300no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 July 2002 (22 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 data768
Core clock speed325 MHzno data
Number of transistors110 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate2.600no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no data

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 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyno data

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 typeDDRLPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed310 MHz8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.84 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12_1
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 150 nm 4 nm

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS has a 3650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9700 PRO and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9700 PRO is a desktop card while Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS is a notebook one.


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