AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 19 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1295 MHz vs 500 MHz
291600x more texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 130 nm
128x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 128 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 600 MHz
8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 147
691.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	1295 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 147
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

12x lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 263 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 263 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

147

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	147
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Navi 32	RV360
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	24	1149
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	3840
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR