ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV360 | GF106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | RV360 XT (215R9JCGA13F) | N11E-GE-A1 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 | Fermi |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 1,170 million |
| Die size | 76 mm² | 238 mm² |
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 | 570 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 300 MHz 600 Mbps effective | 625 MHz 2.5 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1140 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 9.600 GB/s | 40.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 144 |
| SM count | — | 3 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 3.420 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 250.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.000 GTexel/s | 13.68 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 328.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 27.36 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | 35 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 | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Sep 3rd, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 400M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 300M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 500M |
