GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | RV730 | G94B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 September 2008 (17 years ago) | 21 February 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $179 |
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 | 320 ×2 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 118 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.00 ×2 | 20.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.48 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.208 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 ×2 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 ×2 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB ×2 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s ×2 | 57.6 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 September 2008 | 21 February 2008 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 118 Watt | 95 Watt |
ATI HD 4670 X2 has an age advantage of 6 months.
9600 GT Rev. 2, on the other hand, has 24.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4670 X2 and GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.
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