Quadro RTX 8000 Passive vs ATI Radeon 9600
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1521 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.51 | no data |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | RV350 | TU102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 October 2003 (22 years ago) | 13 August 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $9,999 |
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 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 324 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1620 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 260 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.296 | 466.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 14.93 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 4 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 576 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 4.5 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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 189 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.048 GB/s | 672.0 GB/s |
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 | 4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
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_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2003 | 13 August 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 260 Watt |
ATI 9600 has 2066.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 8000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 76700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 and Quadro RTX 8000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 9600 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation one.
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