GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q vs 9600 GSO 512

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG94AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 October 2008 (15 years ago)no data

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 cores487280
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors505 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.60324.0
Floating-point processing powerno data19.66 gflops
ROPs1680
TMUs24240

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDTVPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm

RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q has a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
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