GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs 8600 GTS

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.65
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG84G94
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)23 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3248
Core clock speed675 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors289 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate10.8015.60
Floating-point processing power0.0928 TFLOPS0.156 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1624

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm229 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options+2-way

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s57.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoTwo Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8600 GTS 158
9600 GSO 512 329
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 23 October 2008
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 90 Watt

8600 GTS has 50% lower power consumption.

9600 GSO 512, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 23.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 9600 GSO 512. We've got no test results to judge.


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