ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile with Radeon 9600 XT, including specs and performance data.

RTX 2080 Mobile
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
39.29
+43556%

RTX 2080 Mobile outperforms ATI 9600 XT by a whopping 43556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1141463
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.070.28
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameTU104BRV360
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (6 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year 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 cores2944no data
Core clock speed1380 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt22 Watt
Texture fill rate292.62.000
Floating-point processing power9.362 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1844
Tensor Cores368no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s9.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5-
DLSS+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD145-0−1
1440p98-0−1
4K67-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120 0−1
Battlefield 5 132 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 0−1
Far Cry 5 104 0−1
Fortnite 206 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 147 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 100−110 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 243 0−1
Valorant 276 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 110−120 0−1
Battlefield 5 118 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 0−1
Dota 2 131 0−1
Far Cry 5 97 0−1
Fortnite 169 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 145 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 100−110 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 101 0−1
Metro Exodus 90 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 214 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 174 0−1
Valorant 266 0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 117 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 80−85 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90 0−1
Dota 2 125 0−1
Far Cry 5 96 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 139 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 100−110 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 174 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95 0−1
Valorant 205 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 155 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 0−1
Metro Exodus 55 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180 0−1
Valorant 260 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 115 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−33 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 0−1
Far Cry 5 82 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 122 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 65−70 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 124 0−1

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 30−33 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 18−20 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80 0−1
Metro Exodus 35 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65 0−1
Valorant 240 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 68 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 18−20 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 0−1
Dota 2 119 0−1
Far Cry 5 52 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 82 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 40−45 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 61 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 61 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.29 0.09
Recency 29 January 2019 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 22 Watt

RTX 2080 Mobile has a 43555.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9600 XT, on the other hand, has 581.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon 9600 XT is a desktop one.

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