NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
| Launch date | 22 December 2008 vs 21 July 2008 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 125 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
- Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 46.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 448.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
- 3.8x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 532 MHz
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 46.4 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 128 vs 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 448.0 gflops vs 192 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 532 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
| Code name | G94 | G92 |
| Launch date | 22 December 2008 | 21 July 2008 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $160 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 192 gflops | 448.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 64 | 128 |
| Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s | 46.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Transistor count | 505 million | 754 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 229 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 17.02 GB / s | 64.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 532 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
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