GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs 9600 GT Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 224 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.78 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G94 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 December 2008 (16 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (3 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 | 64 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1515 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 12,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 140.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | 8.986 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 2 MB |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 229 mm | 242 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
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 | DDR2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 266 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 17.02 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 December 2008 | 4 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 130 Watt |
9600 GT Mac Edition has 36.8% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 3050 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
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