ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

What is the difference between ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

RV570GPU NameG96C
RV570 XT
(215PADAKA12FG)
Model numberNB9P-GE2
R500ArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size55 nm
330 millionTransistors314 million
230 mm²Die Size121 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 25th, 2006Release DateJun 3rd, 2008
Radeon R500 AGP
(X1950)
FamilyGeForce 9M
(9600M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Radeon R400 AGPPredecessorGeForce 8M
AGP 8xBus InterfaceMXM-II

Memory

512 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus128 bit
44.16 GB/sBandwidth25.60 GB/s

Performance

6.900 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.440 GPixel/s
6.900 GTexel/sTexture fillrate6.880 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

690 MHz
1380 Mbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
575 MHzGPU Clock430 MHz

Render Config

12TMUs16
12ROPs8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthMXM Module
66 WThermal design power (TDP)20 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model4.0