GeForce 9600 GSO vs 7900 GTO
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1186 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.09 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.69 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G71 | G92 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2006 (18 years ago) | 28 April 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $49.99 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | no data | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 754 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 105 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 26.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.264 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 12 |
| TMUs | 24 | 48 |
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 | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| SLI options | - | 2-way |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 384 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 660 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 42.24 GB/s | 38.4 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2006 | 28 April 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 384 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 105 Watt |
7900 GTO has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 29.6% lower power consumption.
9600 GSO, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce 9600 GSO. We've got no test results to judge.
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