ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs R7 (Kaveri)

Place in the ranking	964	1447
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.42
Architecture	GCN 1.1 (2014)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	Kaveri	RV350
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	1 October 2003 (21 year 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	512	no data
Core clock speed	553 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	686 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1.600
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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
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	64/128 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 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

0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	2−3	0−1
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12	0−1
Fortnite	7−8	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8	0−1
World of Tanks	30−35 +1500%	2−3 −1500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	10−11	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1
Valorant	7−8	0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%