ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256T vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R360 | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R360 GL | — |
| Architecture | Rage 9 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 117 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 218 mm² | 127 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2003 | Apr 17th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FireGL | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 5 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | — | GeForce 9 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 412 MHz | 459 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 344 MHz 688 Mbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 918 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 22.02 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 8 |
| SM count | — | 1 |
| Cache L2 | — | 16 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.296 GPixel/s | 1.836 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 412.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 3.296 GTexel/s | 3.672 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 14.69 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 40 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
| Board number | A234-00 | P413 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
