RTX A5500 Mobile vs ATI Radeon 9600 PRO

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 9600 PRO with RTX A5500 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

ATI 9600 PRO
2003
128 MB DDR, 18 Watt
0.11

RTX A5500 Mobile outperforms ATI 9600 PRO by a whopping 40245% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking145477
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.4318.89
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV350GA103
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 data7424
Core clock speed400 MHz975 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors60 million22,000 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate1.600348.0
Floating-point processing powerno data22.27 TFLOPS
ROPs496
TMUs4232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

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.

ATI 9600 PRO 0.11
RTX A5500 Mobile 44.38
+40245%

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 9600 PRO 42
RTX A5500 Mobile 17463
+41479%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD-0−1125
1440p-0−175
4K-0−151

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 129
+0%
129
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 114
+0%
114
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
+0%
88
+0%
Dota 2 164
+0%
164
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 145
+0%
145
+0%
Metro Exodus 99
+0%
99
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 205
+0%
205
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 76
+0%
76
+0%
Dota 2 155
+0%
155
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 102
+0%
102
+0%
Valorant 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 99
+0%
99
+0%
Metro Exodus 59
+0%
59
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+0%
45
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 97
+0%
97
+0%
Metro Exodus 31
+0%
31
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+0%
63
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Dota 2 132
+0%
132
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.11 44.38
Recency 1 October 2003 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 165 Watt

ATI 9600 PRO has 816.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A5500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 40245.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9600 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 PRO is a desktop card while RTX A5500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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