ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

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Radeon 9550 Radeon 9550 SE Radeon 9550 XT Radeon 9600 Radeon 9600 PRO Radeon 9600 SE Radeon X1050 AGP

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Radeon 9600 PRO, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 570 Rev. 2
2010
1280 MB GDDR5, 219 Watt
7.09
+6345%

GTX 570 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI 9600 PRO by a whopping 6345% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTX 570 Rev. 2 GTX 570 Rev. 2
ATI 9600 PRO 9600 PRO

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5491443
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.04no data
Power efficiency2.220.42
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGF110RV350
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 December 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores480no data
Core clock speed732 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate43.921.600
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPSno data
ROPs404
TMUs604

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 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 amount1280 MB128 MB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s9.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

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
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 7.09 0.11
Recency 7 December 2010 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 18 Watt

GTX 570 Rev. 2 has a 6345.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9600 PRO, on the other hand, has 1116.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 PRO in performance tests.

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

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Community ratings

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