ATI FireGL 9600 T2-64S vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV350 | RV670 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV350 GL | RV670 XT (215-0708005) |
| Architecture | Rage 8 | TeraScale |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 666 million |
| Die size | 76 mm² | 192 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2003 | Jun 12th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FireGL | Radeon R600 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 80 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Radeon R500 PCIe |
| Successor | — | Radeon R700 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 324 MHz | 777 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 203 MHz 406 Mbps effective | 1126 MHz 2.3 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR4 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.496 GB/s | 72.06 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 320 |
| Compute units | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.296 GPixel/s | 12.43 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 162.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.296 GTexel/s | 12.43 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 497.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 99.46 GFLOPS (1:5) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 106 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x LFH60 | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | A124 | — |
| Length | — | 241 mm 9.5 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| Shader model | — | 4.1 |
