GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce GT 630
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GT 630 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 630
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 505 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 64 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 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 GT | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Feb 2008 | vs | 15 May 2012 |
GeForce 9600 GT
10.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 630
3.24 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
20.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 630
13.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
57.60 GB/s
GeForce GT 630
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9600 GT
208.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 630
311.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better