GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 9600 GTX - video card comparison
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GTX
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G80
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
May 2009
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
580 MHz
CUDA cores
575
-
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
278.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
140 Watt
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
27.84
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
44.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A