WinBoost vs Mobility Radeon 9600

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2006)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	M10	Mach64
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2004 (20 years ago)	1 November 1995 (28 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6	no data
Core clock speed	2 MHz	40 MHz
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	76 million	1 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	600 nm
Texture fill rate	1.200	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon 9600 and WinBoost compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	AGP 8x	PCI
Width	no data	1-slot

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	EDO
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2 MB
Memory bus width	128 / 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	40 MHz
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	320.0 MB/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 Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	N/A
OpenGL	2.0	N/A
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2004	1 November 1995
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	600 nm

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