Radeon R9 FURY X vs GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	282
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.73
Power efficiency	no data	6.25
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	G94	Fiji
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	21 February 2008 (17 years ago)	24 June 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	64	4096
Compute units	no data	64
Core clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	275 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	268.8
Floating-point processing power	0.192 TFLOPS	8.602 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	32	256
L1 Cache	no data	1 MB
L2 Cache	64 KB	2 MB

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).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	191 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	-	+

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	GDDR3	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	no data	+
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB/s	512 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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	no data	6
HDMI	-	+
DisplayPort support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	-	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	+
LiquidVR	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TressFX	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
DDMA audio	no data	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	3.3	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	+
Mantle	-	+
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 February 2008	24 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	275 Watt

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