NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 459 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
7.1x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 149
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 32
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 996
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 96 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 96 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

996

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	477	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161	996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G86
Launch date	21 February 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$129
Place in performance rating	1587	1657
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64	16
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	229 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI