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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB features core clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 64 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 650 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 850 MHz on this specific model. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) |
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150 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) |
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108800 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should be much (about 75%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)| GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) |
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36400 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is the winner, and very much so. (explain)| GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) |
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20800 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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.
Price Comparison
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | Feb 2008 | October 2010 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | GF104 |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 3400 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 150 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 108800 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 36400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 20800 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 336 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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