Radeon Pro 580X vs ATI 9500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 9500 with Radeon Pro 580X, including specs and performance data.

ATI 9500
2003
64 MB DDR, 12 Watt
0.09

Pro 580X outperforms ATI 9500 by a whopping 21644% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1453285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.518.94
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameR300Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)18 March 2019 (5 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 coresno data2304
Core clock speed275 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors110 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100172.8
Floating-point processing powerno data5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs4144

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 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed270 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth17.28 GB/s217.0 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 VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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.

ATI 9500 0.09
Pro 580X 19.57
+21644%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI 9500 36
Pro 580X 7540
+20844%

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 0.09 19.57
Recency 1 March 2003 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 150 Watt

ATI 9500 has 1150% lower power consumption.

Pro 580X, on the other hand, has a 21644.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9500 is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.


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