NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 vs ATI Radeon 9600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 and ATI Radeon 9600 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 - T-Rex (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 545

ATI Radeon 9600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 324 MHz
13.3x more texture fill rate: 17.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 378 MHz
44.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1111 vs 25
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 327 vs 150

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 378 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1111 vs 25
PassMark - G2D Mark	327 vs 150

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 70 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 70 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1111

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

327

150

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545	ATI Radeon 9600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1111	25
PassMark - G2D Mark	327	150
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 545	ATI Radeon 9600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rage 8
Code name	GF116	RV350
Launch date	14 May 2011	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1086	1099
Price now	$55.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	26.90
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	324 MHz
Floating-point performance	414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	144
Texture fill rate	17.28 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	76 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	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	6.05 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	378 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR