GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
339
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G94
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2008
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
156 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
48
Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
15.6 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A