NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 540 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 8.6 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.7x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 131
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 42
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1397
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

2x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 96 Watt
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 449 vs 127
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 449 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	449 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	449 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

449

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

449

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	477	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127	449

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G84
Launch date	21 February 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$159
Place in performance rating	1587	1621
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64	32
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 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)	170 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI