GeForce FX 5900 XT vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1443not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.42no data
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameRV350NV35
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)12 May 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.

Core clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors60 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate1.6003.200
ROPs44
TMUs48

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 8xAGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s22.4 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-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)9.0a
OpenGL2.01.5 (2.1)
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 12 May 2003
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 35 Watt

ATI 9600 PRO has an age advantage of 4 months, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 PRO and GeForce FX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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