Radeon Graphics 512SP vs GeForce 9600M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1361not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.17no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG96CRenoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 June 2008 (17 years ago)7 March 2020 (5 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 cores32512
Core clock speed103 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2100 MHz
Number of transistors314 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate6.88067.20
Floating-point processing power0.0688 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1632
L2 Cache32 KBno data

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.7 (6.4)
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 7 March 2020
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 512SP has an age advantage of 11 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GS and Radeon Graphics 512SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600M GS is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Graphics 512SP is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
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