ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5670

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
6.3x more pipelines: 400 vs 64
3x better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 801 vs 477
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 291 vs 44
8.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.914 vs 0.465
8.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1129 vs 127
8.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1129 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 January 2010 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	400 vs 64
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	801 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	291 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.914 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1129 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1129 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.1x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 2113
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 2113

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 2113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

801

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

291

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.914

0.465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1129

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2113

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1129

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2113

3161

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5670	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	801	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	291	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.914	0.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1129	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2113	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1129	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2113	3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5670	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Redwood	G94
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	14 January 2010	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	$179
Place in performance rating	1427	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	775 MHz
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	400	64
Stream Processors	400
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI