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).

 

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: 379 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 379 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
379
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
79
38
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 330 379
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