GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs Radeon E8950

Place in the ranking	369	1135
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.22	0.65
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Amethyst	G94
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)	23 October 2008 (16 years ago)

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 cores	2048	48
Core clock speed	735 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	90 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	128.0	15.60
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	0.156 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	128	24

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	2-way

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	57.6 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 Connectors	No outputs	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	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.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.17	0.85
Recency	29 September 2015	23 October 2008
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	90 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 1567.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

9600 GSO 512, on the other hand, has 5.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600 GSO 512 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 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.