Radeon HD 8310G vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1125not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameG94Scrapper Lite
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 October 2008 (16 years ago)July 2013 (11 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 cores48128
Core clock speed650 MHz554 MHz
Boost clock speedno data720 MHz
Number of transistors505 million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.605.760
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS0.1843 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs248

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 2.0 x16IGP
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options2-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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTVNo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 20 Watt

HD 8310G has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 350% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and Radeon HD 8310G. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
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