ATI Radeon X850 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

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Table of Contents

Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
Clocks
Memory Configuration
Render Configuration
Performance
Dimensions & Outputs
API Support & Features
Other Features
Integrated Graphics

Graphics Processor

GPU model	R480	C79
GPU variant	R480 PRO (215RBPAGA11F)	GF-9300-730i-B2
Architecture	R400	Tesla
Foundry	TSMC	—
Manufacturing process	130 nm	65 nm
Number of transistors	160 million	314 million
Die size	297 mm²	144 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date	Dec 1st, 2004	—
Generation	Radeon R400 PCIe	—
Production	End-of-life	—
Launch price	279 USD	—
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	—
Reviews	58 in our database	—
Predecessor	Radeon R300	—
Successor	Radeon R500 PCIe	—

Clocks

GPU clock	507 MHz	450 MHz
Memory clock	520 MHz 1040 Mbps effective	System Shared
Shader clock	—	1100 MHz

Memory Configuration

Memory size	256 MB	System Shared
Memory type	GDDR3	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 bit	System Shared
Bandwidth	33.28 GB/s	System Dependent

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders	12	—
Vertex shaders	6	—
TMUs	12	8
ROPs	12	4
Shading units	—	16
SM count	—	2

Performance

Pixel rate	6.084 GPixel/s	1.800 GPixel/s
Vertex rate	760.5 MVertices/s	—
Texture rate	6.084 GTexel/s	3.600 GTexel/s
FP32 (float) performance	—	35.20 GFLOPS

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width	Single-slot	IGP
TDP	unknown	40 W
Suggested PSU	200 W	—
Outputs	1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video	1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors	1x 6-pin	—

API Support & Features

DirectX	9.0b (9_2)	11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL	2.1	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

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