Quadro T2000 Max-Q vs GeForce 9600 GS OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data31.14
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG94TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores481024
Core clock speed500 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1620 MHz
Number of transistors505 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data40 Watt
Texture fill rate12.00103.7
Floating-point processing power0.12 TFLOPS3.318 TFLOPS
ROPs1232
TMUs2464

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount768 MB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm

T2000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 10 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GS OEM and Quadro T2000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GS OEM is a desktop card while Quadro T2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
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