ATI Radeon 9600 vs ATI Mobility 9000 IGP

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
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameRC300RV350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2003 (21 year 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 cores3no data
Core clock speed300 MHz324 MHz
Boost clock speed300 MHzno data
Number of transistors76 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data12 Watt
Texture fill rate0.61.296
ROPs24
TMUs24

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared64 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared189 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.048 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.19.0 (9_0)
OpenGL1.42.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2003 1 October 2003
Chip lithography 150 nm 130 nm

ATI 9600 has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP and Radeon 9600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP is a notebook card while Radeon 9600 is a desktop one.


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