NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
6.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 1280 vs 64
21x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	20 April 2017 vs 21 February 2008
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 120 Watt

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		477
PassMark - G2D Mark		44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP106	G94
Launch date	20 April 2017	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$179
Place in performance rating	not rated	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	64
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	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 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	216.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI