Intel GMA 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 500 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).

Intel GMA 500

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

8.1x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	Intel GMA 500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		482
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)

	Intel GMA 500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX535	Tesla
Code name	Poulsbo	G94
Launch date	2 March 2008	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1591
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	65 nm
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		208 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		64
Texture fill rate		20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		96 Watt
Transistor count		505 million
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 1.0 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	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	ES 2.0	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