NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

856
Place in performance rating
531
7.93
Value for money (0-100)
6.21
Tesla
Architecture
Fermi
G94
Code name
GF116
Desktop
Type
Desktop
21 February 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
15 March 2011 (10 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$129 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$141 (0.9x MSRP)
0.13
Value for money
1.47
G94
GPU code name
GF116
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

64
Pipelines
192
650 MHz
Core clock speed
900 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
1,170 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
96 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
116 Watt
20.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
28.8 billion/sec
208 gflops
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
100 °C
64
CUDA cores
192
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
505 million
Number of transistors
1,170 million
96 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
116 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 GTX 550 Ti.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
8.25" (21 cm)
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
+
SLI options
+
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
4.376" (11.1 cm)
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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
4.1 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
98.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI
+
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 GTX 550 Ti is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
+
CUDA
+
no data
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
2.1
OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 GTX 550 Ti 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 GTX 550 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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 $141 (0.9x MSRP))

Less power consumption (96 Watt vs 116 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

5.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 64)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (98.4 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

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