GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated164
Place by popularitynot in top-10068
Power efficiencyno data29.33
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR350GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

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 data3840
Core clock speed380 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors117 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate3.040171.0
Floating-point processing powerno data10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs8120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed340 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth21.76 GB/s336.0 GB/s
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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI 9800 PRO 59
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550
+21171%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 80 Watt

ATI 9800 PRO has 70.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 PRO and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 PRO is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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