AMD Radeon RX 640 vs ATI Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 14992.3x more texture fill rate: 38.98 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
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 580 MHz
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 191
  • 33.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1936 vs 58
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 337 vs 191
PassMark - G3D Mark 1936 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 RX 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
337
191
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1936
58
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 ATI Radeon 9800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390
PassMark - G2D Mark 337 191
PassMark - G3D Mark 1936 58

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 ATI Radeon 9800

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Rage 8
Code name Arctic Islands R350
Launch date 13 May 2019 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 822 912
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 37 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 117 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 AGP 8x
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 9.0
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.0
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 18.56 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 580 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)