Radeon Instinct MI25 vs ATI 9600 SE

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated400
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.96
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameRV350Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)27 June 2017 (7 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 data4096 ×2
Core clock speed325 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors60 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data300 Watt
Texture fill rate1.300384.0 ×2
Floating-point processing powerno data12.29 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs464 ×2
TMUs4256 ×2

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
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDRHBM2
Maximum RAM amount64 MB16 GB ×2
Memory bus width64 Bit2048 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed200 MHz852 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s436.2 GB/s ×2

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 and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm

Instinct MI25 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 SE and Radeon Instinct MI25. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 SE is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI25 is a workstation one.

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ATI Radeon 9600 SE
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