GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs ATI FireGL 9600 T2-64S
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 55 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 30.63 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | AD106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2003 (21 year ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 324 MHz | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.296 | 244.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 15.62 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 4 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 203 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.496 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x LFH60 | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2003 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 4 nm |
RTX 4070 Mobile has an age advantage of 19 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireGL 9600 T2-64S and GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FireGL 9600 T2-64S is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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