ATI Radeon 9700 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R300 | GT200B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R300 9700 PRO (215R8CBGA13F) | G200-835-B2 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 1,400 million |
| Die size | 215 mm² | 470 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 1st, 2002 | Mar 30th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R300 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 1 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R200 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R400 AGP | — |
| Launch price | — | 799 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 325 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 310 MHz 620 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1204 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 19.84 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 64 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 192 |
| SM count | — | 24 |
| Cache L2 | — | 128 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 9.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 325.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.600 GTexel/s | 38.40 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 462.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 57.79 GFLOPS (1:8) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 108 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI2x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | Floppy | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | 942 | P755 |
| Length | — | 198 mm 7.8 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.3 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
