CMP 30HX vs GeForce 9600 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated254
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.52
Power efficiencyno data12.17
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG92TU116
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date27 May 2009 (15 years ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

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 cores961408
Core clock speed580 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors754 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate27.84157.1
Floating-point processing power0.2784 TFLOPS5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs4888

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 x4
Length267 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

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 amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 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 Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2009 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 125 Watt

CMP 30HX has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 12% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GTX and CMP 30HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GTX is a desktop card while CMP 30HX is a workstation one.


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