GeForce 9600 GT vs Radeon HD 6930

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6930 and GeForce 9600 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6930
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 186 Watt
7.26
+476%

HD 6930 outperforms 9600 GT by a whopping 476% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5331030
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.000.04
Power efficiency2.710.92
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCaymanG94
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 December 2011 (12 years ago)21 February 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180 $179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6930 has 4900% better value for money than 9600 GT.

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 cores128064
Core clock speed750 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)186 Watt96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate60.0020.80
Floating-point processing power1.92 TFLOPS0.208 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8032

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 supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length220 mm229 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.26 1.26
Recency 1 December 2011 21 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 96 Watt

HD 6930 has a 476.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9600 GT, on the other hand, has 93.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600 GT in performance tests.


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