NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	4 September 2009 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

3.4x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 475 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
5.9x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM	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)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G94
Launch date	4 September 2009	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
Core clock speed	475 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	64
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	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
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	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI