GeForce 9600 GSO vs GeForce GTX 260
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GSO |
| 98 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 260 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 260 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 260
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GTX 260 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 () | vs | GT200 (G200-100-A2) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 576 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,400 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 576 MHz |
| ROPs | 12 | vs | 28 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GTX 260 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 448 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 384 Mb | vs | 896 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GSO | | GeForce GTX 260 | |
|---|
| TDP | 84 watts | vs | 182 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Apr 2008 | vs | 16 Jun 2008 |
GeForce 9600 GSO
6.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 260
16.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
26.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 260
36.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
38.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 260
112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GSO
264.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 260
476.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better