GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce 9600 GSO

GeForce 9600 GT
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 21 Feb 2008
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
Memory: 384Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Apr 2008
GeForce 9600 GSO

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GT

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GSO

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GSO

HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GSO

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GSO
GPU NameG94 (G94-300-A1)vsG92 ()
Fab Process65 nmvs65 nm
Die Size240 mm²vs324 mm²
Transistors505 millionvs754 million
Shaders64vs96
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock650 MHzvs550 MHz
ROPs16vs12
TMUs32vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GSO
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs384 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 9600 GTGeForce 9600 GSO
TDP95 wattsvs84 watts
Release Date21 Feb 2008vs28 Apr 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    10.40 GP/s
  • GeForce 9600 GSO
    6.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    20.80 GT/s
  • GeForce 9600 GSO
    26.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    57.60 GB/s
  • GeForce 9600 GSO
    38.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 9600 GT
    208.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 9600 GSO
    264.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better