GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce 9800 GTX+
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GT |
| 46 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9800 GTX+ . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTX+ |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTX+
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GTX+ | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | G92B (G92-420-B1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 260 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 64 | vs | 128 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 8 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 738 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GTX+ | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce 9800 GTX+ | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 141 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Feb 2008 | vs | 16 Jan 2009 |
GeForce 9600 GT
10.40 GP/s
GeForce 9800 GTX+
11.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
20.80 GT/s
GeForce 9800 GTX+
47.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
57.60 GB/s
GeForce 9800 GTX+
70.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
208.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 9800 GTX+
470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better