ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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).

ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
11.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 20.8 billion / sec
25x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 64
13.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	13 October 2010 vs 21 February 2008
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 850 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 850 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.092
PassMark - G3D Mark		479
PassMark - G2D Mark		45
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)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Juniper	G94
Launch date	13 October 2010	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1589	1592
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 800	64
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	20.8 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		96 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 76.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI