ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1173
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG96RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (15 years old)28 June 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$85.99 no data
Current price$153 (1.8x MSRP)$100
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32120
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed550 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors314 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate8.8 billion/sec4.800
Floating-point performance89.6 gflops144 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length6.875" (17.5 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)16 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9500 GT 153
ATI HD 2600 PRO 211
+37.9%

Radeon HD 2600 PRO outperforms GeForce 9500 GT by 38% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 29 July 2008 28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and Radeon HD 2600 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.


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