NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition 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

  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 64 vs 48
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 144 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 64 vs 48
Floating-point performance 192 gflops vs 144 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 532 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G94 G94B
Launch date 22 December 2008 12 December 2008
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 64 48
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 17.02 GB / s 38.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 532 MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3