NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM and ATI Radeon 9600 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

ATI Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 324 MHz
28.1x more texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
9x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 378 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 378 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

12.5x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI Radeon 9600
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		25
PassMark - G2D Mark		150

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 8
Code name	GF104	RV350
Launch date	11 October 2010	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1098	1099
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	324 MHz
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	6.05 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	378 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR