NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 134.4 gflops vs 120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 36% higher maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 768 MB
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 282
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 189 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	426 vs 282
PassMark - G2D Mark	189 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

4.3x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2389 vs 1626
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2389 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2389 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2389 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2389

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2389

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	426	282
PassMark - G2D Mark	189	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626	2389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626	2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	3 September 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1518	1521
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1048 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2