ATI Radeon 9600 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1455
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.51
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGP106RV350
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz324 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate136.71.296
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs484
TMUs804

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount6 GB64 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2257 MHz189 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.7 GB/s6.048 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps has an age advantage of 13 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9600, on the other hand, has 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and Radeon 9600. We've got no test results to judge.


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