ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1135not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.65no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG94RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 October 2008 (16 years ago)21 February 2008 (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 cores48120
Core clock speed650 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors505 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.605.600
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS0.168 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs248

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 1.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options2-way-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTV2x DVI
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2008 21 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 45 Watt

9600 GSO 512 has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 2600 XT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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