Radeon RX 8800 XT vs GeForce 9600 GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1140	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Power efficiency	0.92	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	RDNA 4.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	G94	Navi 48
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2008 (18 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	4096
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1295 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2430 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	220 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.80	622.1
Floating-point processing power	0.208 TFLOPS	19.91 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	32	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	64
L0 Cache	no data	1 MB
L1 Cache	no data	768 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	4 MB
L3 Cache	no data	64 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2438 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	624.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.8
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	220 Watt