AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT and ATI Radeon 9600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 18 year(s) 7 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 500 MHz
168650x more texture fill rate: 337.3 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 130 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 600 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 914 vs 147
489.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17137 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	914 vs 147
PassMark - G3D Mark	17137 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

8x lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 176 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 176 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

914

147

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17137

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	914	147
PassMark - G3D Mark	17137	35
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1859
Geekbench - OpenCL	87479

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	Navi 23	RV360
Launch date	10 May 2022	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	106	1149
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2055 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.79 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	168.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	176 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	AGP 8x
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	280.3 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR