NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 311.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 681 vs 477
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 44
14x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.498 vs 0.465
14.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1853 vs 127
14.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1853 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	311.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	681 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.498 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1853 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1853 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 2073
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 2073

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 2073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 2073

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

681

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.498

0.465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2073

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1853

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2073

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	681	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	225	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	2473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.498	0.465
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	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2073	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1853	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2073	3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	15 May 2012	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	$179
Place in performance rating	1440	1587
Price now	$99.21	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.89	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	311.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	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 2.0 x16	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 (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
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI