GeForce GTX 260 vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 260 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 512 |
| 92 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 260 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GTX 260
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 260 | | GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200 (G200-100-A2) | vs | G94 (G94-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 576 mm² | vs | 240 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 505 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 576 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 28 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 260 | | GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 448 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 999 MHz
1998 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 896 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 260 | | GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | |
|---|
| TDP | 182 watts | vs | 90 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Jun 2008 | vs | 23 Oct 2008 |
GeForce GTX 260
16.10 GP/s
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
10.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
36.90 GT/s
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
15.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
112.00 GB/s
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
57.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 260
476.90 GFLOPs
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
156.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better