ATI Radeon E4690 vs GeForce 9600 GS OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1166 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.49 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G94 | RV730 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 June 2009 (16 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.00 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.12 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 12 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| L2 Cache | 48 KB | no data |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Width | 1-slot | MXM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s | 22.4 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 data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 1 June 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 55 nm |
9600 GS OEM has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
ATI E4690, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GS OEM and Radeon E4690. We've got no test results to judge.
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