Radeon Pro 5600M vs ATI 9800 XXL

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated232
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data33.36
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameR360Navi 12
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)15 June 2020 (4 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 data2560
Core clock speed390 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors117 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate3.120164.8
Floating-point processing powerno data5.274 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs8160

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 datamedium sized
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 typeDDRHBM2
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed338 MHz770 MHz
Memory bandwidth21.63 GB/s394.2 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 Connectors2x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 15 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 7 nm

Pro 5600M has an age advantage of 16 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 XXL and Radeon Pro 5600M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 XXL is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation one.


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