GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs 9800 GT

Place in performance ranking	1001	1091
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	0.09
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G92	G94
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (15 years ago)	23 October 2008 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data
Current price	$154 (1x MSRP)	$75

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

9600 GSO 512 has 350% better value for money than 9800 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 cores	112	48
CUDA cores	112	48
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion/sec	15.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	156 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	9" (22.9 cm)
Height	1-slot	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	6-pin
SLI options	+	2-way

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	57.6 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	HDTVDual Link DVI	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support	+	+
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	S/PDIF

API support

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

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

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.

9800 GT 1.23
+44.7%

9600 GSO 512 0.85

9800 GT outperforms 9600 GSO 512 by 45% based on our aggregated 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%

9800 GT 478
+45.3%

9600 GSO 512 329

9800 GT outperforms 9600 GSO 512 by 45% in Passmark.