ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1090not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.09no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG94RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 October 2008 (15 years old)28 June 2007 (16 years old)
Current price$75 no data
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 cores48120
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed650 MHz594 MHz
Number of transistors505 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.6 billion/sec4.752
Floating-point performance156 gflops142.56 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 x16AGP 8x
Length9" (22.9 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors6-pinNone
SLI options2-wayno 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 amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s12.67 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTV1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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%

9600 GSO 512 329
+199%
ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP 110

GeForce 9600 GSO 512 outperforms Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP by 199% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 23 October 2008 28 June 2007
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 35 Watt

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