AMD Radeon R2 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R2 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R2 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 6.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 96 Watt
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 68 vs 45
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.751 vs 0.465
  • 10.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1282 vs 127
  • 10.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1282 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 February 2015 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines 128 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 68 vs 45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.751 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1282 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1282 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 3.7x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 179.2 gflops
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 483 vs 248
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1912
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1912
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 208 gflops vs 179.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 483 vs 248
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3161 vs 1912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3161 vs 1912

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
483
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
68
45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.751
0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1282
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1912
3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1282
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1912
3161
Name AMD Radeon R2 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 248 483
PassMark - G2D Mark 68 45
Geekbench - OpenCL 7324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.751 0.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 93.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.121
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1282 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1912 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1282 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1912 3161

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R2 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla
Code name Beema G94
Launch date 27 February 2015 21 February 2008
Place in performance rating 1592 1591
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1625 MHz
Floating-point performance 179.2 gflops 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 128 64
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 96 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 505 million
CUDA cores 64
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI