NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5550
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5550

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

934
Place in performance rating
923
8.14
Value for money (0-100)
1.89
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
G92
Code name
Redwood
Desktop
Type
Desktop
28 April 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
9 February 2010 (11 years ago)
$49.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$99 (2x MSRP)
Price now
$129
0.09
Value for money
0.07
G92
GPU code name
Redwood
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
320
550 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
627 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
105 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
39 Watt
26.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
8.800
264 gflops
Floating-point performance
352.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
96
CUDA cores
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
754 million
Number of transistors
627 million
105 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
39 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
165 mm
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
2-way
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
384 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
38.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO or ATI Radeon HD 5550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
ATI Radeon HD 5550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
ATI Radeon HD 5550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
ATI Radeon HD 5550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
ATI Radeon HD 5550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
ATI Radeon HD 5550
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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Cheaper ($99 (2x MSRP) vs $129)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5550

0.02% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (39 Watt vs 105 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 384 MB)

More memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s vs 38.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO or ATI Radeon HD 5550?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 5550 .

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO versus ATI Radeon HD 5550 performance benchmarks comparison

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