GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce 9600 GSO
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GSO |
| 56 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9800 GTX
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce 9600 GSO | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | G92 () |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 12 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce 9600 GSO | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 384 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce 9600 GSO | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 84 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 28 Apr 2008 |
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GeForce 9600 GSO
6.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GeForce 9600 GSO
26.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GeForce 9600 GSO
38.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GeForce 9600 GSO
264.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better