Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs ATI 9800 PRO MAXX

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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
ArchitectureR300 (2005−2008)RDNA 2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameR350RDNA 2 Sephiroth
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)9 November 2023 (1 year 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 data512
Core clock speed380 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors117 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)94 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.040no 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 connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed680 MBpsno data
Memory bandwidth21.76 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 Connectors2x DVI, 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 6 nm

Steam Deck 8CU has a 2400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX is a desktop card while Radeon Steam Deck 8CU is a notebook one.


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