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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

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: 1215 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	1215 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

1215

328

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	1215	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	1407	1408
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