ATI Radeon 9600 SE vs NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 SE and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 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 Radeon 9600 SE

NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
27x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27 vs 1

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 22 March 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27 vs 1

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

615.4x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	1
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	143

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	RV350	NV15 A4
Launch date	1 October 2003	22 March 2001
Place in performance rating	1176	1178
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR