Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile vs GeForce 9600 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG92Baffin
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date27 May 2009 (15 years ago)1 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price$564 no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores961024
Core clock speed580 MHz1002 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1053 MHz
Number of transistors754 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate27.8467.39
Floating-point performance278.4 gflops2,157 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600 GTX and Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth44.8 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2009 1 March 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 50 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GTX and Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GTX is a desktop card while Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX
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