NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce 9600 GSO 512 sales 23 October 2008. This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 9" (22.9 cm). 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 90 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.85% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about GeForce 9600 GSO 512: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking1090
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money0.09
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG94
Market segmentDesktop
Release date23 October 2008 (15 years old)
Current price$75 of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce 9600 GSO 512's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9600 GSO 512's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores48
Core clock speed650 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors505 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology65 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)90 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature105 °C
Texture fill rate15.6 billion/secof 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance156 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
Length9" (22.9 cm)
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectors6-pin
SLI options2-way

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9600 GSO 512: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed900 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9600 GSO 512. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support+
HDMI+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF

API support

APIs supported by GeForce 9600 GSO 512, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9600 GSO 512. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9600 GSO 512 0.85

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

GeForce 9600 GSO 512's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is Radeon E6460, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 9600 GSO 512:

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