NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 26.4 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 81% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 264 gflops
  • 2.3x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 384 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 999 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1218 vs 328
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2160
  • Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2160
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 June 2008 vs 28 April 2008
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec vs 26.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops vs 264 gflops
Maximum memory size 896 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 999 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1218 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 1242 MHz
  • Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 182 Watt
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1375 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 182 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 97 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1218
328
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
56
97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
2160
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark 1218 328
PassMark - G2D Mark 56 97
Geekbench - OpenCL 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 29.525
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 2160

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT200 G92
Launch date 16 June 2008 28 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $49.99
Place in performance rating 1409 1410
Price now $95.38 $49.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.70 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 1242 MHz 1375 MHz
CUDA cores 192 96
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 192 96
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec 26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 182 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 6-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 448 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI