ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 vs ATI HD 2400 PRO
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1329 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.05 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | RV610 | M10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 28 June 2007 (17 years ago) | 1 June 2004 (20 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 cores | 40 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 525 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 180 million | 76 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 2.100 | 1.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.042 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 4 |
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 size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | DDR2 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 3.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 June 2007 | 1 June 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
ATI HD 2400 PRO has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2400 PRO and Mobility Radeon 9600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 2400 PRO is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon 9600 is a notebook one.
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