ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV360 | GM108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV360 XT (215R9JCGA13F) | N15S-GT |
| Architecture | Rage 9 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | unknown |
| Die size | 76 mm² | unknown |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2003 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R300 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Reviews | 14 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R200 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R400 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 300 MHz 600 Mbps effective | 1001 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1029 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1124 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 9.600 GB/s | 16.02 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 384 |
| SMM count | — | 3 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 1024 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 8.992 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 250.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.000 GTexel/s | 17.98 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 863.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 26.98 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 33 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | A034 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 12th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 800M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 700M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 900M |
