GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 640 OEM Rebrand |
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 640 OEM Rebrand
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand | |
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GPU Name | G94 (G94-300-A1) | vs | GF116 (GF116-150-A1) |
Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
Die Size | 240 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
Transistors | 505 million | vs | 1,170 million |
Shaders | 64 | vs | 144 |
Compute Units | 4 | vs | 3 |
Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 720 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 24 |
TMUs | 32 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9600 GT | | GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand | |
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TDP | 95 watts | vs | 75 watts |
Release Date | 21 Feb 2008 | vs | 24 Apr 2012 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better