AMD Caicos
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
940
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Tesla
Caicos
Code name
G94
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
23 October 2008 (13 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$99
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Value for money
0.09
Caicos
GPU code name
G94
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
48
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Core clock speed
650 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
505 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
90 Watt
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Texture fill rate
15.6 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
156 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
48
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
370 million
Number of transistors
505 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
90 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
9" (22.9 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
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SLI options
2-way
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
900 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.4
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $99)

More pipelines (160 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

3.25% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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