NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 513 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 12.31 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 49% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 143 Watt
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 320 MB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 412
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2008 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 513 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 12.31 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 320 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 412
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 208 gflops
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 900 MHz

Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 208 gflops
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	477	412
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G80
Launch date	21 February 2008	12 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$269
Place in performance rating	1587	1640
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1625 MHz	513 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	64	96
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	681 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)	267 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI