NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 576 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

2.2x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
3.4x more pipelines: 216 vs 64
2.8x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x more memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 532 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 64
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G94	GT200B
Launch date	22 December 2008	27 November 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	216
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	1,400 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	17.02 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3