FirePro S10000 Passive vs GeForce 9600 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1113	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Power efficiency	0.91	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	G94	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	21 February 2008 (17 years ago)	12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$3,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	3584 ×2
Core clock speed	650 MHz	825 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	950 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	750 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.80	106.4 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.208 TFLOPS	3.405 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	16	32 ×2
TMUs	32	112 ×2
L1 Cache	no data	448 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	768 KB

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	305 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	480 GB/s ×2

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	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 February 2008	12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	750 Watt

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