ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) with Radeon 9600 XT, including specs and performance data.
R4 (Stoney Ridge) outperforms ATI 9600 XT by a whopping 1200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1116 | 1499 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.40 | 0.28 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Stoney Ridge | RV360 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 1 October 2003 (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.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 22 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 2.000 |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 4 |
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 | no data | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | no data | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no 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 Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| OpenGL | no data | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 9 | 0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35
+1450%
|
2−3
−1450%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
+1200%
|
2−3
−1200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+1400%
|
1−2
−1400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35
+1450%
|
2−3
−1450%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+1400%
|
1−2
−1400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35
+1450%
|
2−3
−1450%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 2−3 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+1400%
|
1−2
−1400%
|
| Valorant | 6−7 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.04 | 0.08 |
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 October 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 22 Watt |
R4 (Stoney Ridge) has a 1200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 46.7% lower power consumption.
The Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 XT in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9600 XT is a desktop one.
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