ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M58 | G96C |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | M58 P (216PQKCKA15FG) | NB9P-GS |
| 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 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Mar 1st, 2006 | Oct 25th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M5x (Mobility X1) | GeForce 9M (9600M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M2x | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | M6x | GeForce 100M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 650 MHz 1300 Mbps effective | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 41.60 GB/s | 25.34 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 | 8.800 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.100 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 8.800 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 80.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 23 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Slot width | — | MXM Module |
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 |
