GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce 9800S - video card comparison
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9800S
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G94
G94
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2008
July 2008
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
650 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
64
64
Floating-point performance
208 gflops
192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
64
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
20.8 billion/sec
19.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF + HDA
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A