Atari VCS 800 GPU vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

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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
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRV535Banded Kestrel
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 October 2006 (18 years ago)14 December 2020 (3 years 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 coresno data192
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1201 MHz
Number of transistors330 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40014.41
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4612 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs412

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 8xIGP
Lengthno data295 mm
Width1-slotIGP
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 typeGDDR3DDR4
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s38.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 October 2006 14 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 15 Watt

Atari VCS 800 GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 193.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 PRO AGP and Atari VCS 800 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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