GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Aggregated performance score
GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms 9600 GSO 512 by 4464% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 108 | 1091 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 77.84 | 0.09 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | N16E-GXX SLI | G94 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 September 2015 (8 years ago) | 23 October 2008 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $301 | $75 |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GTX 980 SLI Mobile has 86389% better value for money than 9600 GSO 512.
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 | 4096 | 48 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 1126 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1228 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10400 Million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 90 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 15.6 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 156 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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 | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 9" (22.9 cm) |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3500 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 57.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | no data | Two Dual Link DVIHDTV |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| G-SYNC support | + | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | no data | N/A |
| CUDA | + | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 136
+6700%
| 2−3
−6700%
|
| 4K | 64
+6300%
| 1−2
−6300%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 65−70
+6800%
|
1−2
−6800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+5550%
|
2−3
−5550%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 100−110
+5200%
|
2−3
−5200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+4800%
|
2−3
−4800%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 90−95
+4550%
|
2−3
−4550%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+5850%
|
2−3
−5850%
|
| Hitman 3 | 120−130
+6050%
|
2−3
−6050%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 80−85
+8300%
|
1−2
−8300%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 60−65
+6100%
|
1−2
−6100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 90−95
+4600%
|
2−3
−4600%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+7100%
|
1−2
−7100%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 65−70
+6800%
|
1−2
−6800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+5550%
|
2−3
−5550%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 100−110
+5200%
|
2−3
−5200%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+4800%
|
2−3
−4800%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 90−95
+4550%
|
2−3
−4550%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+5850%
|
2−3
−5850%
|
| Hitman 3 | 120−130
+6050%
|
2−3
−6050%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 80−85
+8300%
|
1−2
−8300%
|
| Metro Exodus | 70−75
+6900%
|
1−2
−6900%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 60−65
+6100%
|
1−2
−6100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 90−95
+4600%
|
2−3
−4600%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 132
+6500%
|
2−3
−6500%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+7100%
|
1−2
−7100%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 65−70
+6800%
|
1−2
−6800%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120
+5550%
|
2−3
−5550%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 65−70
+6700%
|
1−2
−6700%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95−100
+4800%
|
2−3
−4800%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 90−95
+4550%
|
2−3
−4550%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+5850%
|
2−3
−5850%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 74
+7300%
|
1−2
−7300%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 70−75
+7100%
|
1−2
−7100%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 60−65
+6300%
|
1−2
−6300%
|
| Hitman 3 | 70−75
+7100%
|
1−2
−7100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55
+5300%
|
1−2
−5300%
|
| Metro Exodus | 40−45 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 55−60
+5700%
|
1−2
−5700%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 40−45 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85
+8000%
|
1−2
−8000%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 70−75
+7000%
|
1−2
−7000%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 70−75
+7200%
|
1−2
−7200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85
+8100%
|
1−2
−8100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55−60
+5500%
|
1−2
−5500%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 35−40 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 35−40 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 30−33 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 51
+5000%
|
1−2
−5000%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 45−50
+4600%
|
1−2
−4600%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 40−45 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+5300%
|
1−2
−5300%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 20−22 | 0−1 |
This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and 9600 GSO 512 compete in popular games:
- GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 6700% faster than 9600 GSO 512 in 1080p
- GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 6300% faster than 9600 GSO 512 in 4K
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 38.79 | 0.85 |
| Recency | 22 September 2015 | 23 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 90 Watt |
The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600 GSO 512 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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