GeForce 9600 GS OEM vs Tesla X2070

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF110G94
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years ago)29 July 2008 (15 years ago)

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 cores51248
Core clock speed651 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattno data
Texture fill rate41.6612.00
Floating-point performance1,331.2 gflops120 gflops

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 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
WidthMXM Module1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount6 GB768 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed3696 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s48 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.01.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 768 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm

Tesla X2070 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla X2070 and GeForce 9600 GS OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla X2070 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9600 GS OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla X2070
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