ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

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Combined performance score

9600 GT
1.26

Radeon HD 4850 outperforms GeForce 9600 GT by 110% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking995772
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.030.16
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameG94RV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 February 2008 (16 years old)25 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $199
Current price$141 (0.8x MSRP)$138 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4850 has 433% better value for money than 9600 GT.

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 cores64800
CUDA cores64no data
Core clock speed650 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors505 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt110 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate20.8 billion/sec25.00
Floating-point performance208 gflops1,000.0 gflops

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length9" (22.9 cm)246 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors6-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz993 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s63.55 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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

9600 GT 1.26
ATI HD 4850 2.65
+110%

Radeon HD 4850 outperforms GeForce 9600 GT by 110% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9600 GT 489
ATI HD 4850 1026
+110%

Radeon HD 4850 outperforms GeForce 9600 GT by 110% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p12−14
−133%
28
+133%
Full HD18−20
−122%
40
+122%
1200p9−10
−111%
19
+111%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.26 2.65
Recency 21 February 2008 25 June 2008
Cost $179 $199
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 110 Watt

The Radeon HD 4850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600 GT in performance tests.


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