AMD Radeon HD 8310E vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1038	1037
Value for money	0.09	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	G92	Kalindi
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 April 2008 (15 years old)	23 April 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99	no data
Current price	$25 (0.5x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	128
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	300 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion/sec	2.400
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	2-way	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data

Video outputs and ports

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	Dual Link DVIHDTV	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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.

Radeon HD 8310E outperforms GeForce 9600 GSO by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.86	0.87
Recency	28 April 2008	23 April 2013
Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	128
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	25 Watt

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