ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition vs GeForce GT 425M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1084not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.01no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGF108RV250
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2010 (15 years ago)14 March 2004 (21 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 cores96no data
Core clock speed560 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors585 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate8.9601.100
Floating-point processing power0.215 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs164
L1 Cache128 KBno data
L2 Cache256 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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s8.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs2x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 API8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 14 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 28 Watt

GT 425M has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 21.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 425M and Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 425M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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