NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT $179
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT $119
64 Shaders
1GB GDDR3
650MHz
120 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
800MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.21 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
190 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
210 GFLOPS
FP32
190 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
95W
TDP
45W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Peak AI Performance

  • 11% faster vs Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • 10% slower vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GT - 0.21 TOPS INT32
x1.11
Radeon HD 2600 XT - 190 GFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 11% faster vs Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • 10% slower vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GT - 210 GFLOPS FP32
x1.11
Radeon HD 2600 XT - 190 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 2.25x faster vs Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • 56% slower vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GT - 57.6GB/s
x2.25
Radeon HD 2600 XT - 25.6GB/s
x1
  • 111% higher vs Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • 53% lower vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GT - 95W
x2.11
Radeon HD 2600 XT - 45W
x1
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 9000
Family
Radeon HD 2000
Codename
NV94
G94
Variant
G94-300-A1
Codename
Shaka
RV630
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/21/2008
Release Date
6/28/2007
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
65nm
Fabrication Node
65nm
Die Size
240 mm²
Die Size
153 mm²
Transistor Count
505 Million
Transistor Count
390 Million
Transistor Density
2.10M/mm²
Transistor Density
2.55M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
64 Shaders
Shading Units
120 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
8 SMs
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Compute Units
3 CUs
1625MHz Shader
650MHz
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800MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.21 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
190 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
210 GFLOPS
FP32
190 GFLOPS
INT32
0.21 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
10.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
6.4 GTexel/s
L1
Unknown
L1
Unknown
L2
64KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
1GB
GDDR3
512MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
900MHz
Transfer Rate
1.8GT/s
Bandwidth
57.6GB/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
TDP
95W
TDP
45W
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x S-Video
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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Codec
VC-1
AVC (H.264)
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Shader Model
4.0
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GFX
3
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1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
229 mm (9.02 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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