ATI Radeon 9600 PRO vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV350 | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV350 PRO (215R8JAGA12F) | — |
| Architecture | Rage 8 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 76 mm² | 484 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2003 | Mar 5th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R300 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 14 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R200 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R400 AGP | — |
| Launch price | — | 2,999 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 400 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 300 MHz 600 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1440 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 1536 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 9.600 GB/s | 76.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 32 |
| ROPs | 4 | 24 |
| Shading units | — | 128 |
| SM count | — | 16 |
| Cache L2 | — | 96 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.600 GPixel/s | 14.40 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 200.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.600 GTexel/s | 38.40 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 368.6 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | 171 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
| Power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| Board number | 852 | — |
| Length | — | 312 mm 12.3 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
