Radeon RX Vega XL vs GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG94Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (15 years ago)8 August 2017 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores483584
Core clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1630 MHz
Number of transistors505 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data225 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00365.1
Floating-point performance120 gflops11,684 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeDDR2HBM2
Maximum RAM amount768 MB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1890 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s483.8 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12.0
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA1.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 8 August 2017
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm

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