AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and ATI Radeon 9600 TX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M520

ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 297 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 540 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 7 October 2003
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 297 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 540 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G3D Mark		18
PassMark - G2D Mark		138

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 8
Code name	Oland	R300
Launch date	18 April 2017	7 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1153	1213
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	297 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
API support
DirectX		9.0
OpenGL		2.0