NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 37 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 December 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	37 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	37	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV44 A2	RV360
Launch date	15 December 2004	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1116	1118
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	75 million	76 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		22 Watt
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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR