ATI Radeon 9700 vs R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Place in the ranking	771	1425
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.26
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	R300
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)	1 July 2002 (22 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 cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	720 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	2.200
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	8

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).

Interface	no data	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	Floppy

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 type	no data	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	no data	128 MB
Memory bus width	no data	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	17.28 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no 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 Connectors

no data

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	no data	2.0
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	16−18	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +3800%	1−2 −3800%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	16−18	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27 +2600%	1−2 −2600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +3800%	1−2 −3800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	16−18	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +2200%	1−2 −2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +3800%	1−2 −3800%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.04	0.14
Recency	14 January 2014	1 July 2002
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) has a 2071.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9700 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.