GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce 9600 GTX

GeForce 9600 GT
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 21 Feb 2008
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GTX
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2009
GeForce 9600 GTX

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GT

45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9600 GTX .
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 9600 GTX

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce 9600 GTX

HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GTX

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GTX
GPU NameG94 (G94-300-A1)vsG92 ()
Fab Process65 nmvs65 nm
Die Size240 mm²vs324 mm²
Transistors505 millionvs754 million
Shaders64vs96
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock650 MHzvs580 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GTX
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GTX
TDP95 wattsvs140 watts
Release Date21 Feb 2008vs27 May 2009

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    10.40 GP/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    9.28 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    20.80 GT/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    27.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    57.60 GB/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    44.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    208.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    278.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better