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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB has core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), which features a GPU core clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 336 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 90 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 150 Watts
Difference: 60 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) will be 89% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 108800 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 51200 (89%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is a small bit (more or less 17%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 36400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 5200 (17%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 10400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10400 (100%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2008 October 2010
Code Name G94a/b GF104
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 90 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 31200 Mtexels/sec 36400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 336
Texture Mapping Units 48 56
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 505 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

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GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)

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