GeForce 9600M GT vs Radeon HD 4550

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1163not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code nameRV710NB9P-GS
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2008 (15 years ago)4 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$116 (2x MSRP)$287

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores8032
CUDA coresno data32
Core clock speed600 MHz120 MHz
Number of transistors242 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate4.8008.000
Floating-point performance96 gflops80 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 4550 and GeForce 9600M GT 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1310 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4550 235
+74.1%
9600M GT 135

Radeon HD 4550 outperforms GeForce 9600M GT by 74% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2008 4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 23 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4550 and GeForce 9600M GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4550 is a desktop card while GeForce 9600M GT is a notebook one.


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