A10G vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Place in the ranking	1521	182
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.28	16.64
Architecture	Rage 9 (2003−2006)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	RV360	GA102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 October 2003 (22 years ago)	12 April 2021 (4 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	no data	9216
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1710 MHz
Number of transistors	60 million	28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	22 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.000	492.5
Floating-point processing power	no data	31.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	4	288
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72
L1 Cache	no data	9 MB
L2 Cache	no data	6 MB

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	300 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

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

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	2.0	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI 9600 XT 0.08

A10G 32.22
+40175%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI 9600 XT 35
Samples: 4

A10G 13598
+38751%

Samples: 6

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.08	32.22
Recency	1 October 2003	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	130 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	22 Watt	150 Watt

ATI 9600 XT has 581.8% lower power consumption.

A10G, on the other hand, has a 40175% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The A10G is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 XT is a desktop graphics card while A10G is a workstation one.