GeForce GTX 1170 vs ATI Radeon 9700

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1424	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.26	no data
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2007)	no data
GPU code name	R300	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 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.

Core clock speed	275 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	110 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	2.200	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	8	no 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).

Interface	AGP 8x	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	no 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 type	DDR	no data
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	270 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	17.28 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	no data
OpenGL	2.0	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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