AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs ATI Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and ATI Radeon 9800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

ATI Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 1 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon 9800
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G2D Mark		191
PassMark - G3D Mark		58

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Rage 8
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	R350
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	949	947
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Core clock speed		325 MHz
Texture fill rate		2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Transistor count		117 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0
OpenGL		2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		18.56 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		580 MHz
Memory type		DDR