Radeon 9600 and GeForce FX 5600 XT - video card comparison
Radeon 9600
GeForce FX 5600 XT
Architecture
Rage 8 (2002−2006)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
RV350
NV31
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2003
March 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
324 MHz
235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
80 million
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
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Texture fill rate
1.296
0.94
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
378 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
6.048 GB/s
6.4 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