AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs ATI Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and ATI Radeon 9800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

ATI Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 325 MHz
15000x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
10.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 285 vs 191
24.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1435 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	285 vs 191
PassMark - G3D Mark	1435 vs 58

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800

Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

191

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1435

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	ATI Radeon 9800
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	8192
PassMark - G2D Mark	285	191
PassMark - G3D Mark	1435	58

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	ATI Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rage 8
Code name	Lexa	R350
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	922	921
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	2.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	18.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support