GeForce FX 5600 XT vs 9600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1038not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency0.90no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameG94NV31
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 February 2008 (16 years ago)17 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores64no data
Core clock speed650 MHz235 MHz
Number of transistors505 million80 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate20.800.94
Floating-point processing power0.208 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs324

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
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)9.0a
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2008 17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm

9600 GT has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce FX 5600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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