ATI FireGL 9600 T2-64S vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV350 | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV350 GL | N10E-GE-A2 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 76 mm² | 144 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2003 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | FireGL | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 324 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 203 MHz 406 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.496 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 96 |
| SM count | — | 12 |
| Cache L2 | — | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.296 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 162.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.296 GTexel/s | 16.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 240.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 28 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x LFH60 | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | A124 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
| Shader model | — | 4.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 200M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 100M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 300M |
