ATI FirePro V5800 DVI vs ATI Radeon 9700

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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)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameR300Juniper
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 July 2002 (22 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$529

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 data800
Core clock speed275 MHz690 MHz
Number of transistors110 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt74 Watt
Texture fill rate2.20027.60
Floating-point processing powerno data1.104 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs840

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 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed270 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth17.28 GB/s64 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGL2.04.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 74 Watt

ATI 9700 has 100% lower power consumption.

ATI V5800 DVI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9700 and FirePro V5800 DVI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9700 is a desktop card while FirePro V5800 DVI is a workstation one.


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