Quadro4 400 NVS PCI vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE
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 8 (2002−2007) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2003 (22 years ago) | 16 July 2004 (21 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.
| Core clock speed | 325 MHz | 220 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.300 | 0.88 ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 ×2 |
| TMUs | 4 | 4 ×2 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCI |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 64 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s ×2 |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x LFH60 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 8.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2003 | 16 July 2004 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 150 nm |
ATI 9600 SE has a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.
Quadro4 400 NVS PCI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 SE and Quadro4 400 NVS PCI. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9600 SE is a desktop graphics card while Quadro4 400 NVS PCI is a workstation one.
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