Radeon 9600 PRO and GeForce FX 5900 XT - video card comparison
Radeon 9600 PRO
GeForce FX 5900 XT
Architecture
Rage 8 (2002−2006)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
RV350
NV35
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2003
May 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
400 MHz
400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
18 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.600
3.200
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
600 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
9.6 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0 (9_0)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A