GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2 vs GT 610

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1137not rated
Place by popularity97not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency2.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF119G94B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)21 February 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 $179

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 cores4864
Core clock speed810 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors292 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt95 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.48020.80
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS0.208 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs832

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 Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm229 mm
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1024 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GB/s900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s57.6 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 DVI-I, HDMI, VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.23.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2012 21 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 95 Watt

GT 610 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 227.6% lower power consumption.

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