Radeon RX 8800 XT vs ATI 9800 XT

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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 9 (2003−2006)RDNA 4.0
GPU code nameR360Navi 48
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year 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.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data3584
Core clock speed412 MHz1295 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2430 MHz
Number of transistors117 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate3.296544.3
Floating-point processing powerno data17.42 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs8224
Ray Tracing Coresno data56

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 data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex2x 8-pin

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 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed365 MHz2438 MHz
Memory bandwidth23.36 GB/s624.1 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-Video1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI-+

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/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 220 Watt

ATI 9800 XT has 266.7% lower power consumption.

RX 8800 XT, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 XT and Radeon RX 8800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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