GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce 9600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce 9600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G94
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 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 & 8-pin
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
700 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
480
64
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
64
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
20.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
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
4.2
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A