Radeon 9800 XT and GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - video card comparison
Radeon 9800 XT
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
Architecture
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
R360
NV30
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2003
March 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
1x Molex
Core clock speed
412 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
117 million
125 million
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
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Texture fill rate
3.296
4.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
730 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
23.36 GB/s
16 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A