ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 XT

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 460 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

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GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

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Name	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	147	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Celsius
Code name	RV360	NV15 A4
Launch date	1 October 2003	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1116	1119
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt
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
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR