NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs ATI Radeon 7200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon 7200 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

ATI Radeon 7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
9.6x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 32 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 143 MHz
107.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2008 vs 1 June 2000
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 143 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7200

37.7x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 94 vs 90

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	94 vs 90

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	90	94
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2160

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	ATI Radeon 7200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 6
Code name	G92	R100
Launch date	28 April 2008	1 June 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99
Place in performance rating	1430	1433
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	143 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec	996 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
CUDA