NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM vs ATI Radeon 9550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM and ATI Radeon 9550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

ATI Radeon 9550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 64 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 400 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 282 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	282 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550

3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 41

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	145 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9550

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

282

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM	ATI Radeon 9550
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	145
PassMark - G3D Mark	282	35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM	ATI Radeon 9550
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G94	RV350
Launch date	29 July 2008	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1529	1162
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	505 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR