NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 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
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 64 MB
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 332 MHz
  • 80.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 4
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 April 2008 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size 384 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 323 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

  • 21.7x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
  • 52.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 90
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 572 MTexel / s vs 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 2 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 95 vs 90

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
323
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
90
95
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark 323 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 90 95
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2160

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Celsius
Code name G92 NV11 B2
Launch date 28 April 2008 11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP) $49.99
Place in performance rating 1430 1432
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 572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 2 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 20 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV No outputs
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

API support

DirectX 10.0 7.0
OpenGL 2.1 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 384 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s 5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 332 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR

Technologies

CUDA