NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1625 MHz
16576.9x more texture fill rate: 344.8 GTexel/s vs 20.8 billion / sec
68x more pipelines: 4352 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 65 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
24.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1068 vs 44
47.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22758 vs 477

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 May 2023 vs 21 February 2008
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Texture fill rate	344.8 GTexel/s vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	4352 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1068 vs 44
PassMark - G3D Mark	22758 vs 477

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1068

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22758

477

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1068	44
PassMark - G3D Mark	22758	477
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2907
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 RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Tesla
Code name	AD106	G94
Launch date	18 May 2023	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	48	1587
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2535 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	4352	64
Pixel fill rate	121.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	344.8 GTexel/s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		208 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	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
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	240 mm, 9.4 inches	9" (22.9 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	6-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI