GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs Mobility Radeon
Aggregated performance score
Mobility Radeon outperforms GeForce 9600 GSO 512 by 56% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 977 | 1091 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 0.02 | 0.09 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | M6 | G94 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 December 2001 (22 years ago) | 23 October 2008 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $202 | $75 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
9600 GSO 512 has 350% better value for money than ATI Mobility.
Technical specs
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 | no data | 48 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 144 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 90 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 0.43 | 15.6 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 156 gflops |
Size and 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).
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 9" (22.9 cm) |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 6-pin |
| SLI options | no data | 2-way |
Memory
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 | 16 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 288 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.304 GB/s | 57.6 GB/s |
Video outputs and ports
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 | Two Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF |
API support
List of supported graphics 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 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 1.33 | 0.85 |
| Recency | 1 December 2001 | 23 October 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 65 nm |
The Mobility Radeon is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600 GSO 512 in performance tests.
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