La nuova Radeon 9600 XT e le sue concorrenti:
| ATI Radeon 9500 PRO | ATI Radeon 9600 PRO | ATI Radeon 9600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8x | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra | |
| Tecnologia Chip | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Processo produttivo | 0.15 Micron | 0.13 Micron | 0.13 Micron | 0.15 Micron | 0.13 Micron |
| Transistor | ~107 Mio | ~75 Mio | ~75 Mio | ~63 Mio | ~80 Mio |
| Bus di memoria | 128-bit DDR | 128-bit DDR | 128-bit DDR | 128-bit DDR | 128-bit DDR |
| Ampiezza di banda memoria | 8.8 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| Pixel Fillrate | 2.2 Gigapixel/s | 1.6 Gigapixel/s | 2.0 Gigapixel/s | 1.1 Gigapixel/s | 1.6 Gigapixel/s |
| Fillrate Anti Alias | 13.2 Miliardi AA Sample/s | 9.6 Miliardi AA Sample/s | 12 Miliardi AA Sample/s | 4 Miliardi AA Sample/s | 5.6 Miliardi AA Sample/s |
| Bus AGP | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x |
| Triangoli/s | 275M | 200M | 250M | 113M | 100M |
| Memoria | 128MB | 128/256/MB | 128/256MB | 64/128MB | 128/256MB |
| Clock GPU | 275 MHz | 400 MHz | 500 MHz | 250 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Clock memorie | 275 MHz (550 DDR) | 300 MHz (600 DDR) | 300 MHz (600 DDR) | 257 MHz (514 DDR) | 400 MHz (800 DDR) |
| Vertex Shader | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 (Array) |
| Pixel Pipelines | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Unità texture per pipe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Texture per Unità Texture | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 16 |
| Version Vertex S. | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Version Pixel S. | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Generazione DirectX | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 9.0 |
| Mod. FSAA | MultiSampling Max 6x |
MultiSampling Max 6x |
MultiSampling Max 6x |
MultiSampling Max 4x |
MultiSampling Max 4x MixedModes Max 8x |
| Filtro Anisotropico | 2/4/8/16x | 2/4/8/16x | 2/4/8/16x | 2/4/8x | 2/4/8x |
| Ottimizzazioni memoria | Hyper Z III | Hyper Z III+ | Hyper Z III+ | LMA II | IntelliSample |
| Ottimizzazioni | SmartShader 2.0 SmoothVision 2.0 |
SmartShader 2.0 SmoothVision 2.1 |
SmartShader 2.0 SmoothVision 2.1 |
nFiniteFX II Accuview |
CineFX IntelliSample |
| Uscite video | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ramdac interno del chip | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz |
| Ramdac esterno del chip | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bit per Canale di Colore | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Special | TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStream Adaptive Filtering |
TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStream Adaptive Filtering |
TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStream Adaptive Filtering |
TV Encoder On-Chip;Adaptive Filtering, DirectX 9+ | |
| Prezzo su strada (+tax) | ~ $160 | ~ $150 | $199 (prezzo ufficiale ATi) |
~ $90 | ~$150-180 Occhio alla versione flipchip (Core a 400MHz)! |