NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 550 MHz
6.3x more texture fill rate: 27.84 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
6.4x better floating-point performance: 278.4 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1008 MHz

Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.84 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	278.4 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1008 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 140 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		35
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
Geekbench - OpenCL		2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		866

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G96C
Launch date	27 May 2009	26 May 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1672
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	278.4 gflops	43.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	16
Texture fill rate	27.84 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	8.06 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2