GeForce 9600 GTX vs Radeon HD 6970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	613	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.94	no data
Power efficiency	2.10	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Cayman	G92
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (15 years ago)	27 May 2009 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	96
Core clock speed	no data	580 MHz
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	84.48	27.84
Floating-point processing power	2.703 TFLOPS	0.2784 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	96	48
L1 Cache	192 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	64 KB

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 support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	286 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	44.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire

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-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 December 2010	27 May 2009
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	140 Watt