NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 580 MHz
- Max video memory 512 MB
- Memory type GDDR3
- Memory clock speed 1400 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 9600 GTX sales 27 May 2009. This is a Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 44.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 140 Watt.
We have no data on GeForce 9600 GTX benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce 9600 GTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | |
| GPU code name | G92 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 27 May 2009 (13 years old) | |
| Current price | $564 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
GeForce 9600 GTX's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9600 GTX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 140 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 27.84 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 278.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce 9600 GTX's 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 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9600 GTX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.8 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9600 GTX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce 9600 GTX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 1.1 |
GeForce 9600 GTX AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce 9600 GTX from AMD is Radeon HD 2900 GT.
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