GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs Radeon R5 235 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GSO 512 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R5 235 OEM |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9600 GSO 512 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R5 235 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | | Radeon R5 235 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | Caicos (Caicos XT) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 370 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 160 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 775 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | | Radeon R5 235 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | | Radeon R5 235 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Oct 2008 | vs | 21 Dec 2013 |
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
10.40 GP/s
Radeon R5 235 OEM
3.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
15.60 GT/s
Radeon R5 235 OEM
6.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
57.60 GB/s
Radeon R5 235 OEM
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
156.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R5 235 OEM
248.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better