NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs ATI Radeon HD 4670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and ATI Radeon HD 4670 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

ATI Radeon HD 4670

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2008 vs 10 September 2008
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 750 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 38

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3.1x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 90 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 380 vs 330
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 2239
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 2239

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	380 vs 330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 2239

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

380

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2239

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2239

3285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512	ATI Radeon HD 4670
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	380
PassMark - G2D Mark	79	38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2239	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2239	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512	ATI Radeon HD 4670
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV730
Launch date	23 October 2008	10 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1435	1436
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$67
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	48	320
Texture fill rate	15.6 billion / sec	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	193 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA