GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce 9800 GT
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 9800 GT |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 9800 GT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | G92 (G92-270-A2) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 64 | vs | 112 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 7 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 600 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GT | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 125 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Feb 2008 | vs | 21 Jul 2008 |
GeForce 9600 GT
10.40 GP/s
GeForce 9800 GT
9.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
20.80 GT/s
GeForce 9800 GT
33.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
57.60 GB/s
GeForce 9800 GT
57.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
208.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 9800 GT
336.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better