GeForce 7300 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1454not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.28no data
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRV360G73
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)15 May 2006 (18 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.

Core clock speed500 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors60 million177 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)22 Watt24 Watt
Texture fill rate2.0001.400
ROPs42
TMUs44

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 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 typeDDRDDR2
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz325 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s10.4 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)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 15 May 2006
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 22 Watt 24 Watt

ATI 9600 XT has 9.1% lower power consumption.

7300 GT AGP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 XT and GeForce 7300 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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