NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
6x more pipelines: 384 vs 64
5.1x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 96 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 21 February 2008
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1152 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1152 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629
PassMark - G3D Mark		477
PassMark - G2D Mark		44
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 GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP108	G94
Launch date	12 March 2018	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$179
Place in performance rating	1476	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	64
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI