GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce 9600 GTX - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1070
GeForce 9600 GTX
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
May 2009
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
580 MHz
CUDA cores
1920
-
Floating-point performance
6,463 gflops
278.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
-
Texture fill rate
202.0
27.84
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
44.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-