NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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 HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 777 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 102 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	102 vs 58

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 327
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3131 vs 2160
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3131 vs 2160

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 327
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131 vs 2160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

327

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2160

3131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2160

3131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	327	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	102	58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2160	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2160	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV670
Launch date	28 April 2008	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99	$269
Place in performance rating	1387	1388
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	777 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	96	320
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	241 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4
Technologies
CUDA