ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 PRO vs ATI Radeon X800 XL

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1402	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.25	no data
Architecture	R400 (2004−2008)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	R430	RV350
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 December 2004 (20 years ago)	1 April 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.

Core clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	160 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.400	1.600
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	16	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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-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	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	490 MHz	325 MHz
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB/s	10.4 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0b (9_2)	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 December 2004	1 April 2003
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	110 nm	130 nm

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