GeForce 9600 GSO and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GSO vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce 9600 GSO
337
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G92
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2008
October 2009
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
96
-
Floating-point performance
264 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
26.4 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
384 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
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