AMD FirePro S9170 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro S9170 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD FirePro S9170

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9170

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
7.9x more texture fill rate: 163.7 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
44x more pipelines: 2816 vs 64
25.2x better floating-point performance: 5,238 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	8 July 2015 vs 21 February 2008
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2816 vs 64
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 930 MHz
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 275 Watt

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 930 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro S9170
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		477
PassMark - G2D Mark		44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro S9170	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Tesla
Code name	Hawaii	G94
Launch date	8 July 2015	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1587
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,238 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2816	64
Texture fill rate	163.7 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI