GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce 210
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GT |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce 210 |
64 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9600 GT . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 210 | |
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GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | GT218 (GT218-300-B1) |
Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 57 mm² |
Transistors | 505 million | vs | 260 million |
Shaders | 64 | vs | 16 |
Compute Units | 4 | vs | 2 |
Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 520 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
TMUs | 32 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 210 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 210 | |
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TDP | 95 watts | vs | 31 watts |
Release Date | 21 Feb 2008 | vs | 12 Oct 2009 |
GeForce 9600 GT
10.40 GP/s
GeForce 210
2.08 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
20.80 GT/s
GeForce 210
4.16 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
57.60 GB/s
GeForce 210
6.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
208.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 210
39.36 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better