GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 vs 9600 GSO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1136not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
Power efficiency0.69no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG92AD106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 April 2008 (16 years ago)April 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$49.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores963072
Core clock speed550 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2460 MHz
Number of transistors754 million22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt115 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate26.40236.2
Floating-point processing power0.264 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs1248
TMUs4896
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount384 MB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2125 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s272.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 384 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 115 Watt

9600 GSO has 9.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060 AD106, on the other hand, has a 2033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO and GeForce RTX 4060 AD106. We've got no test results to judge.


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