NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 79

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 79

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	79	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2239

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	C73
Launch date	23 October 2008	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1439	1430
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	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
CUDA