AMD Radeon R9 M280X vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Saturn | R300 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Saturn XT | R300 9700 PRO (215R8CBGA13F) |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Rage 8 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 110 million |
| Die size | 160 mm² | 215 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Feb 5th, 2015 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Crystal System (R9 M200) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Solar System | — |
| Successor | Mobility Radeon | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 900 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1000 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1375 MHz 5.5 Gbps effective | 310 MHz 620 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 325 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 88.00 GB/s | 19.84 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 896 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 56 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 14 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 16.00 GPixel/s | 2.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 56.00 GTexel/s | 2.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.792 TFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 112.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 325.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | unknown |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | Floppy |
| Board number | — | 942 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | — |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.3 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0 |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Jul 1st, 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Radeon R300 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 1 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Radeon R200 |
| Successor | — | Radeon R400 AGP |
