NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

856
Place in performance rating
833
7.93
Value for money (0-100)
10.77
Tesla
Architecture
GT2xx
G94
Code name
GT215
Desktop
Type
Desktop
21 February 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
17 November 2009 (12 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$80
$129 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$905 (11.3x MSRP)
0.13
Value for money
0.02
G94
GPU code name
GT215
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

64
Pipelines
96
650 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
727 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
96 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
69 Watt
20.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
17.60
208 gflops
Floating-point performance
257.28 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
105C C
64
CUDA cores
96
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
505 million
Number of transistors
727 million
96 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
69 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB or 1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
54.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240, the size and number of monitors.

HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
DVIVGAHDMI
+
Multi monitor support
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
+
CUDA
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
2.1
OpenGL
3.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 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 GT or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
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 GT

Cheaper ($129 (0.7x MSRP) vs $905 (11.3x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (57.6 GB/s vs 54.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

0.27% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (96 vs 64)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (69 Watt vs 96 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or NVIDIA GeForce GT 240?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 .

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 240