NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 350 MHz
18.9x more texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
19x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 17

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2008 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 17

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 122 vs 90

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	122 vs 90

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	90	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2160

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G92	NV31 A1
Launch date	28 April 2008	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1430	1293
Price now	$49.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	AGP 8x
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	191 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
CUDA