GeForce 9600 GTX vs ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 7 (2001−2006) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | M7 | G92 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 September 2001 (24 years ago) | 27 May 2009 (16 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 | 2 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 280 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 280 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.56 | 27.84 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.2784 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 2 | 48 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 44.8 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 September 2001 | 27 May 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 140 Watt |
ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 has 418.5% lower power consumption.
9600 GTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL 7800 and GeForce 9600 GTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility FireGL 7800 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce 9600 GTX is a desktop one.
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