AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking995not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.03no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameG94Beema
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 February 2008 (16 years old)11 June 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data
Current price$141 (0.8x MSRP)$240
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 cores64128
CUDA cores64no data
Core clock speed650 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors505 million930 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate20.8 billion/sec6.400
Floating-point performance208 gflops204.8 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length9" (22.9 cm)no data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors6-pinno data
SLI options+no 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+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)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.3
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 21 February 2008 11 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 15 Watt

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