ATI Radeon 9800 PRO vs Sky 500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking398not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.87no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code namePitcairnR350
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date27 March 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed950 MHz380 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt47 Watt
Texture fill rate76.003.040
Floating-point processing power2.432 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs808

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length242 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz340 MHz
Memory bandwidth154 GB/s21.76 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

Sky 500 4709
+7881%
ATI 9800 PRO 59

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2013 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 47 Watt

Sky 500 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9800 PRO, on the other hand, has 219.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Sky 500 and Radeon 9800 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9800 PRO is a desktop one.


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