Post #909213
2026-04-03 06:46 UTC
MARIA, the graphics chip in the Atari 7800, had 24k transistors. Atari sold about 3.8M units of that console, which adds up to 91.2B transistors.
Coincidentally, GB202-300, the graphics chip in the NVIDIA 5090, has 92.2B transistors.
Just sayin'
#RetroComputing #Bloat #MooresLaw
Replies (3)
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@jbqueru@floss.social 2026-04-03 07:02
10 minutes on the 5090 uses as much transistor time as a lifetime on the 7800. That's wall time, I'm not even scaling for the difference in clock speed.
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@derSammler@oldbytes.space 2026-04-03 06:51
@jbqueru Where's the match?
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@liilliil@mastodon.online 2026-04-03 09:35
@jbqueru inflation!