Radeon RX 560D 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 ranking1129not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.66no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG94Polaris 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 October 2008 (16 years ago)4 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

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 cores48896
Core clock speed650 MHz1090 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1175 MHz
Number of transistors505 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.6065.80
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS2.106 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2456

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length229 mm170 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTV1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2008 4 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 65 Watt

RX 560D has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 38.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and Radeon RX 560D. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
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