9500 Pro vs 9600 Pro

[Tojo]

How come the 9500 has better performances in almost every benchmark than the
9600? I've checked in tomshardware and the 9500 Pro was, in some of the
tests, faster than the 9600XT! Is this normal?

TJ

 

[Inglo]

How come the 9500 has better performances in almost every benchmark than the
9600? I've checked in tomshardware and the 9500 Pro was, in some of the
tests, faster than the 9600XT! Is this normal?

TJ

The 9500 Pro has 8 pixel pipelines compared to 4 for the 9600 Series.
The 9600s make up that difference in raw graphics processor speed,
400+MHz to 275MHz.

 

[Lachoneus]

How come the 9500 has better performances in almost every benchmark than the

9600? I've checked in tomshardware and the 9500 Pro was, in some of the
tests, faster than the 9600XT! Is this normal?

Yeah, that's normal.

ATI's numeric ratings don't correspond well to speed (or even DX level).

A rough ordering by speed from slower to faster would go something like
this (additions/corrections welcome)...

7000/Radeon VE/IGP 3x0M (DX7)
9200SE (DX8)
7200/Original Radeon (DX7)
7500/Original Radeon DDR (DX7)
9000 (DX8)
9200 (DX8)
9550 (DX9)
9600SE (DX9)
9100 (DX8)
8500LE (DX8)
8500 (DX8)
9600 (DX9)
9500 (DX9)
9600 Pro (DX9)
9600 XT (DX9)
9500 Pro (DX9)
9800SE (DX9)
9700 (DX9)
9700 Pro (DX9)
9800 (DX9)
9800 Pro (DX9)
9800 XT (DX9)
X800 (DX9)
X800 Pro (DX9)
X800 XT (DX9)

 

[Tojo]

Thx for this list. It really helps me.

TJ

Yeah, that's normal.

ATI's numeric ratings don't correspond well to speed (or even DX level).

A rough ordering by speed from slower to faster would go something like
this (additions/corrections welcome)...

7000/Radeon VE/IGP 3x0M (DX7)
9200SE (DX8)
7200/Original Radeon (DX7)
7500/Original Radeon DDR (DX7)
9000 (DX8)
9200 (DX8)
9550 (DX9)
9600SE (DX9)
9100 (DX8)
8500LE (DX8)
8500 (DX8)
9600 (DX9)
9500 (DX9)
9600 Pro (DX9)
9600 XT (DX9)
9500 Pro (DX9)
9800SE (DX9)
9700 (DX9)
9700 Pro (DX9)
9800 (DX9)
9800 Pro (DX9)
9800 XT (DX9)
X800 (DX9)
X800 Pro (DX9)
X800 XT (DX9)

 

[Rockin Ronnie]

Yeah, that's normal.

ATI's numeric ratings don't correspond well to speed (or even DX level).

A rough ordering by speed from slower to faster would go something like
this (additions/corrections welcome)...

7000/Radeon VE/IGP 3x0M (DX7)
9200SE (DX8)
7200/Original Radeon (DX7)
7500/Original Radeon DDR (DX7)
9000 (DX8)
9200 (DX8)
9550 (DX9)
9600SE (DX9)
9100 (DX8)
8500LE (DX8)
8500 (DX8)
9600 (DX9)
9500 (DX9)
9600 Pro (DX9)
9600 XT (DX9)
9500 Pro (DX9)
9800SE (DX9)
9700 (DX9)
9700 Pro (DX9)
9800 (DX9)
9800 Pro (DX9)
9800 XT (DX9)
X800 (DX9)
X800 Pro (DX9)
X800 XT (DX9)

Don't forget to add the X300, X600 and the X700 and all of it's variants

 

[ron white]

The 9500 was a sweet card, high-end, eight pipelines. The 9600, an excellent
card that serves me well so far even on Half Life 2, was not meant as a
replacement, but as a really good budget card, with four pipelines. The 9800
was the replacement for the 9500.