AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and ATI Radeon 9800 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 19 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 412 MHz
290787.9x more texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 150 nm
96x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 256 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 730 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1255 vs 160
546x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31122 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Nov 2022 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1255 vs 160
PassMark - G3D Mark	31122 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 355 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 355 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1255

160

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

31122

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1255	160
PassMark - G3D Mark	31122	57
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6841
Geekbench - OpenCL	189258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	492.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	14101.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	461.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2659.85

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Navi 31	R360
Launch date	3 Nov 2022	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	9	1080
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2499 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	61.42 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144
Pixel fill rate	479.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	355 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	287 mm, 11.3 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x Molex
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	730 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR