NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 675 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.2x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 92.8 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
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 170
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 26
316.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 10
316.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 10

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
13.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1728 vs 127
13.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1728 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1728 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1728 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

1728

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

1728

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	477	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161	10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161	10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127	1728
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127	1728

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G84
Launch date	21 February 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$199
Place in performance rating	1587	1539
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	675 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64	32
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	60 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)	198 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x 6-pin
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	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI