NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • Around 99% better floating-point performance: 311.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 676 vs 330
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 219 vs 79
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 23 October 2008
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 311.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 676 vs 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 219 vs 79

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

  • 2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2239 vs 2073
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2239 vs 2073
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2239 vs 2073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2239 vs 2073

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
676
330
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
219
79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2073
2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2073
2239
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 676 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 219 79
Geekbench - OpenCL 2448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 140.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.49
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2073 2239
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2073 2239
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 170

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G94
Launch date 15 May 2012 23 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $99.99
Place in performance rating 1436 1439
Price now $99.21
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 8.89

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1625 MHz
Floating-point performance 311.0 gflops 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 48
Texture fill rate 12.96 GTexel / s 15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 90 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 505 million
CUDA cores 48
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA