P104-100 vs ATI Radeon 9600

Place in the ranking	1541	548
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.52	no data
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2007)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	RV350	GP104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 October 2003 (22 years ago)	12 December 2017 (8 years ago)

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	no data	1920
Core clock speed	324 MHz	1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1733 MHz
Number of transistors	60 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1.296	208.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	6.655 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	4	120
L1 Cache	no data	720 KB
L2 Cache	no data	2 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).

Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x4
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin

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	DDR	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	189 MHz	1251 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.048 GB/s	320.3 GB/s

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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.4
CUDA	-	6.1

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI 9600 0.08

P104-100 8.62
+10675%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI 9600 35
Samples: 4

P104-100 3593
+10166%

Samples: 29

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.08	8.62
Recency	1 October 2003	12 December 2017
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	16 nm

P104-100 has a 10675% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 713% more advanced lithography process.

The P104-100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 is a desktop graphics card while P104-100 is a workstation one.