GeForce 9600 GS OEM vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GS OEM |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTX 550 Ti |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GS OEM | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 500 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 12 | vs | 24 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GS OEM | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 768 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GS OEM | | GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 116 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jul 2008 | vs | 15 Mar 2011 |
GeForce 9600 GS OEM
6.00 GP/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GS OEM
12.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GS OEM
48.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GS OEM
120.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better