AMD Radeon R5 A330 vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 A330 and ATI Radeon 9700 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 A330

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 A330

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 275 MHz
9.4x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 540 MHz

Launch date	21 October 2015 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 540 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 A330
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

Name	AMD Radeon R5 A330	ATI Radeon 9700
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041
PassMark - G2D Mark		152
PassMark - G3D Mark		44

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 A330	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 8
Code name	Exo	R300
Launch date	21 October 2015	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1093	1090
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
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	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR