ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs GeForce 820M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1029not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.91no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGF117RV350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 November 2013 (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 cores96no data
Core clock speed625 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors585 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate10.001.600
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s9.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GeForce 820M 494
+1076%
ATI 9600 PRO 42

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 November 2013 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 18 Watt

GeForce 820M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820M and Radeon 9600 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 820M is a notebook card while Radeon 9600 PRO is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 820M
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