ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R360 | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R360 (215R9RBKA11F) | G80-100-K0-A2 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 117 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 218 mm² | 484 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 14th, 2004 | Feb 12th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R300 | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP Pro 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 20 in our database | 403 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R200 | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | Radeon R400 AGP | GeForce 9 |
| Launch price | — | 269 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 412 MHz | 513 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 365 MHz 730 Mbps effective | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1188 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 320 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 320 bit |
| Bandwidth | 23.36 GB/s | 63.36 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| ROPs | 8 | 20 |
| Shading units | — | 96 |
| SM count | — | 12 |
| Cache L2 | — | 80 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.296 GPixel/s | 10.26 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 412.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 3.296 GTexel/s | 24.62 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 228.1 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 60 W | 143 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Length | — | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Board number | — | P356 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
