GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GA106
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
February 2008
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
64
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
95 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
20.80
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
8.6
1.1
OpenCL
3.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.6
4.0
Vulkan
1.3
N/A