ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	409	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.78	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code name	GP107B	RV360
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 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	640	no data
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	22 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	2.000
Floating-point processing power	1.911 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	40	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	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	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	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 January 2017	1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	22 Watt

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