GeForce 9600 GT and Curacao - video card comparison
GeForce 9600 GT
Curacao
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
G94
Curacao
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2008
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Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
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SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
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CUDA cores
64
-
Floating-point performance
208 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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Texture fill rate
20.8 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
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Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
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Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.170