GeForce GTX 460 and GeForce 9600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GTX 460
2330
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce 9600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF104
G94
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2010
February 2008
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 6-pin
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
675 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
-
64
Floating-point performance
907.2 gflops
208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
336
64
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
37.80
20.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.1
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A