ATI FireGL V7300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

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Table of Contents

Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
Clocks
Memory Configuration
Render Configuration
Performance
Dimensions & Outputs
API Support & Features
Other Features
Mobile graphics

Graphics Processor

GPU model	R520	G96C
GPU variant	R520 GL	NB9P-GE2
Architecture	R500	Tesla
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC
Manufacturing process	90 nm	55 nm
Number of transistors	321 million	314 million
Die size	288 mm²	121 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date	Oct 1st, 2005	—
Generation	FireGL	—
Production	End-of-life	—
Launch price	1,599 USD	—
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	—
Reviews	5 in our database	—

Clocks

GPU clock	594 MHz	430 MHz
Memory clock	648 MHz 1296 Mbps effective	800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective
Shader clock	—	1075 MHz

Memory Configuration

Memory size	512 MB	1024 MB
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Bandwidth	41.47 GB/s	25.60 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders	16	—
Vertex shaders	8	—
TMUs	16	16
ROPs	16	8
Shading units	—	32
SM count	—	4
Cache L2	—	32 KB

Performance

Pixel rate	9.504 GPixel/s	3.440 GPixel/s
Vertex rate	1.188 GVertices/s	—
Texture rate	9.504 GTexel/s	6.880 GTexel/s
FP32 (float) performance	—	68.80 GFLOPS

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width	Dual-slot	MXM Module
Length	229 mm 9 inches	—
Width	111 mm 4.4 inches	—
TDP	97 W	20 W
Suggested PSU	250 W	—
Outputs	2x DVI1x S-Video	No outputs
Power connectors	1x 6-pin	—
Board number	A520-31	—

API Support & Features

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	—	1.1
Vulkan	—	—
Shader model	3.0	4.0
CUDA	—	1.1

Other Features

Mobile graphics

Release date	—	Jun 3rd, 2008
Generation	—	GeForce 9M (9600M)
Production	—	End-of-life
Interface	—	MXM-II
Predecessor	—	GeForce 8M
Successor	—	GeForce 100M

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