Radeon 9600 XT vs PRO WX 9100

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	158	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.29	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	Vega 10	RV360
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	10 July 2017 (6 years ago)	1 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data
Current price	$1880 (1.2x MSRP)	$170

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	4096	no data
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,500 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	22 Watt
Texture fill rate	384.0	2.000
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	no data

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	HBM2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	9.6 GB/s

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 Connectors

6x mini-DisplayPort

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.125	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 July 2017	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	22 Watt

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