L4 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated186
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.71
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameR360AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)21 March 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 data7424
Core clock speed412 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2040 MHz
Number of transistors117 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt72 Watt
Texture fill rate3.296489.6
Floating-point processing powerno data30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs8240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data169 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

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 amount256 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed365 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth23.36 GB/s300.1 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 XT 56
L4 11518
+20468%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 72 Watt

ATI 9800 XT has 20% lower power consumption.

L4, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 XT and L4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 XT is a desktop card while L4 is a workstation one.


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