Radeon Pro W6600 vs GeForce 9600 GTX
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 156 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 25.70 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.57 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G92 | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 27 May 2009 (16 years ago) | 8 June 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $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 | 96 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 2331 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2903 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 27.84 | 325.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2784 TFLOPS | 10.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 48 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 32 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 4x DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12.0 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2009 | 8 June 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 100 Watt |
Pro W6600 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 829% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GTX and Radeon Pro W6600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9600 GTX is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro W6600 is a workstation one.
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