ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later

Launch date	1 June 2004 vs 14 April 2004

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 333 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 333 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL
PassMark - G2D Mark	163
PassMark - G3D Mark	43

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Curie
Code name	M10	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 June 2004	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1069	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	333 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.332 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		80 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP Pro 8x
Length		305 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3