Radeon Sky 900 vs GeForce 9600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1030not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.96no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG94Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date21 February 2008 (16 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 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 cores643584
Core clock speed650 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistors505 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt300 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate20.80106.4
Floating-point processing power0.208 TFLOPS3.405 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32112

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length229 mm305 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin
SLI options+-

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 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s480 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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Dual-link DVI support-+
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 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2008 27 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 300 Watt

9600 GT has 212.5% lower power consumption.

Sky 900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GT and Radeon Sky 900. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GT is a desktop card while Radeon Sky 900 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
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