AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient 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 Radeon Vega 3 Efficient

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 96 Watt

Launch date	26 May 2018 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 96 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

5.4x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 3 Efficient	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 Radeon Vega 3 Efficient	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Tesla
Code name	Raven	G94
Launch date	26 May 2018	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		208 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		64
Texture fill rate		20.8 billion / sec
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	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI