AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 18 year(s) 3 month(s) later
6.6x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 275 MHz
294545.5x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 150 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 128 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 540 MHz
568.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 44
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004 vs 44
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025 vs 152

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

8.1x lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25004

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1025

152

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Rage 8
Code name	Navi 21	R300
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	71	1120
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	150 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	Floppy
Width	120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	9.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	540 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR