GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
G94
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2008
June 2008
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
650 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
64
192
Floating-point performance
208 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
192
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
20.8 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
896 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
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