GeForce 9600 GSO and FireStream 9170 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GSO vs FireStream 9170
GeForce 9600 GSO
337
FireStream 9170
666
GeForce 9600 GSO
FireStream 9170
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name
G92
RV670
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2008
November 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
800 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
264 gflops
512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
666 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
320
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
26.4 billion/sec
12.80
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
384 MB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVIHDTV
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
10.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A