ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs R9 390 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.28
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGrenadaRV360
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 September 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 no data

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 cores2560no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt22 Watt
Texture fill rate160.02.000
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1604

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Width3-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 GB/s9.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2015 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 22 Watt

R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 9600 XT, on the other hand, has 2536.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and Radeon 9600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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