ATI Radeon X700 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV410 | C79 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | R400 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | — |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 120 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 156 mm² | 144 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GF-9300-730i-B2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Sep 1st, 2004 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R400 AGP | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Reviews | 58 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R300 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R500 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 400 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective | System Shared |
| Shader clock | — | 1100 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | System Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | System Shared |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | System Dependent |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 6 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.200 GPixel/s | 1.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 600.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 3.200 GTexel/s | 3.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 35.20 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 44 W | 40 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0b | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0b | — |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
Other Features
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | — | Apr 17th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9 IGP |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCI |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8 IGP |
