GeForce 9600 GTX vs 8800 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking973not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG80G92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2006 (18 years ago)27 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

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 cores57596
Core clock speed576 MHz580 MHz
Number of transistors681 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8627.84
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS0.2784 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs3248

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length270 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount768 MB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s44.8 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 S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2006 27 May 2009
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 140 Watt

8800 GTX has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

9600 GTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 10.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 9600 GTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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