ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo vs ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo 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, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 337 MHz vs 297 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25 vs 18

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 February 2004 vs 7 October 2003
Core clock speed	337 MHz vs 297 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	25 vs 18

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 2.376 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 486 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 486 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	138 vs 137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 TX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

138

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
PassMark - G3D Mark	25	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	137	138

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo	ATI Radeon 9600 TX
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 8
Code name	M10	R300
Launch date	13 February 2004	7 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1170	1171
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	337 MHz	297 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.348 GTexel / s	2.376 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.78 GB / s	8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	486 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR