NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Videocard is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 5 month(s) later
5.6x more core clock speed: 2325 MHz vs 412 MHz
146151.5x more texture fill rate: 482.3 GTexel/s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 150 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 256 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 730 MHz
8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1286 vs 160
506x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28843 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Mar 2025 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	2325 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286 vs 160
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1286

160

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28843

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1286	160
PassMark - G3D Mark	28843	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	186565
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5077

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GB205	R360
Launch date	4 Mar 2025	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	20	1080
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2512 MHz
Core clock speed	2325 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	6144
Pixel fill rate	201.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	482.3 GTexel/s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	31100 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x Molex
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.8
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective	730 MHz
Memory type	GDDR7	DDR