ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M76 | G96 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | M76 XT | G96-259-A1 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | UMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 153 mm² | 144 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | May 14th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M7x (Mobility HD 2000) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | MXM-II | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M6x | — |
| Successor | M8x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 550 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 750 MHz 1500 Mbps effective | 504 MHz 1008 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1375 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 24.00 GB/s | 16.13 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 120 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.720 GPixel/s | 4.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.440 GTexel/s | 8.800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 163.2 GFLOPS | 88.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 40 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 22 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 200 |
