GeForce 9600M GS vs GTS 450

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	694	not rated
Place by popularity	86	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.32	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	GF106	NB9P-GE
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data
Current price	$127 (1x MSRP)	$154

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	192	32
CUDA cores	192	32
Core clock speed	783 MHz	103 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion/sec	6.880
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	68.8 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 450 and GeForce 9600M GS 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.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 September 2010	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	20 Watt

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