AMD Radeon 530 vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 530

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 500 MHz
12290x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
29x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1016 vs 35
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1016 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 147

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1016

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

147

Name	AMD Radeon 530	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1016	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	147
Geekbench - OpenCL	5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Rage 9
Code name	Meso	RV360
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1112	1110
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count		76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)