AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 0 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 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G3D Mark		66
PassMark - G2D Mark		175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Rage 9
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	R360
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	979	978
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Core clock speed		380 MHz
Texture fill rate		3.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		47 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		21.76 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		680 MHz
Memory type		DDR