NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	26 January 2010 vs 21 February 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1360 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 64 vs 48
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 144 gflops
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 790 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 488 vs 219
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 45
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1686
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1686

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1360 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 48
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 144 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 790 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	488 vs 219
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1686

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

219

488

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1686

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1686

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	219	488
PassMark - G2D Mark	45	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1686	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1686	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G94
Launch date	26 January 2010	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$179
Place in performance rating	1588	1591
Price now	$79.99	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.72	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1360 MHz	1625 MHz
CUDA cores	48	64
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	48	64
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF + HDA	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
SLI