ATI Radeon X1600 vs GeForce 9600M GS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG96CRV516
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)2007 (17 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 cores32no data
Core clock speed103 MHz635 MHz
Number of transistors314 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt27 Watt
Texture fill rate6.8802.540
Floating-point processing power0.0688 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 1.0 x16
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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s12.8 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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.

9600M GS 130
+165%
ATI X1600 49

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 27 Watt

9600M GS has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 35% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GS and Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600M GS is a notebook card while Radeon X1600 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
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ATI Radeon X1600
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