GT 420 OEM vs 9600 GT

General info

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

Place in performance rating	940	not rated
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	G94	GF108
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2008 (15 years old)	3 September 2010 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$300 (1.7x 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	64	48
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	96 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion/sec	2.800
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	134.4 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	145 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
SLI options	+	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	28.8 GB/s

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

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

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

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	21 February 2008	3 September 2010
Memory bus width	256	128
Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	48
Memory bandwidth	57.6	28.8
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	96 Watt	50 Watt

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