ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs GeForce Go 7900 GS SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1518
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.43
Architecture	G7x (2005−2006)	R300 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	G71M	RV350
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2006 (19 years ago)	1 October 2003 (22 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 cores	54	no data
Core clock speed	14 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	375 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	556 Million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1.600
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	4

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	9.6 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 Connectors

no data

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	GDDR3	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	no data	2.0
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2006	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	18 Watt