GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs 7900 GTO
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1125 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.65 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G71 | G94 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2006 (18 years ago) | 23 October 2008 (16 years ago) |
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 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 90 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 15.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.156 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
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).
| 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 | 1-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 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 660 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 42.24 GB/s | 57.6 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Two Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF |
API 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 | 23 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 81 Watt | 90 Watt |
7900 GTO has 11.1% lower power consumption.
9600 GSO 512, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce 9600 GSO 512. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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