GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2 vs GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking216not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.31no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP106G94B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)21 February 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores115264
Core clock speed1506 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate123.020.80
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS0.208 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs7232

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length250 mm229 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA6.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 21 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 95 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

9600 GT Rev. 2, on the other hand, has 26.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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