Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs GeForce 9600M GT

Place in the ranking	1277	423
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.09	11.84
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	G96C	Polaris 21
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	11 April 2018 (6 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	32	1024
Core clock speed	120 MHz	1275 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1202 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	81.60
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	2.611 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	64

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	large
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	92.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9600M GT 0.36

RX 560X Mobile 11.04
+2967%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9600M GT 1459

RX 560X Mobile 19829
+1259%

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

1−2

−3300%

34
+3300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1050%

23
+1050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −733%	25 +733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −750%	17 +750%
Hitman 3	4−5 −500%	24 +500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −650%	60−65 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1300%	56 +1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −139%	65−70 +139%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1533%	49 +1533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −650%	15 +650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −475%	23 +475%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −650%	60−65 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −222%	27−30 +222%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −139%	65−70 +139%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −433%	16 +433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −550%	13 +550%
Hitman 3	4−5 −425%	21 +425%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −650%	60−65 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −825%	37 +825%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −144%	22 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +155%	11 −155%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	5−6
Hitman 3	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1050%	21−24 +1050%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−800%

18−20
+800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−400%

10−11
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30 +0%	30 +0%
Battlefield 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Far Cry 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	109 +0%	109 +0%
Metro Exodus	45 +0%	45 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	36 +0%	36 +0%
Far Cry 5	29 +0%	29 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	28 +0%	28 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	105 +0%	105 +0%
Metro Exodus	36 +0%	36 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	38 +0%	38 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

This is how 9600M GT and RX 560X Mobile compete in popular games:

RX 560X Mobile is 3300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9600M GT is 155% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 560X Mobile is 1533% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9600M GT is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 560X Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.36	11.04
Recency	4 June 2008	11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	65 Watt

9600M GT has 182.6% lower power consumption.

RX 560X Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2966.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 560X Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.