NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

General info

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

856
Place in performance rating
not rated
7.93
Value for money (0-100)
0.48
Tesla
Architecture
Curie
G94
Code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Type
Workstation
21 February 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
20 April 2006 (15 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$129 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$189
0.13
Value for money
no data
G94
GPU code name
NV43 A2
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

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

64
Pipelines
no data
650 MHz
Core clock speed
360 MHz
505 million
Transistor count
146 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
96 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
20.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
2.880
208 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
64
CUDA cores
no data
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
505 million
Number of transistors
146 million
96 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
198 mm
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
16x 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 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 can be seen in this section.

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

Video outputs and ports

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

HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data

API support

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

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
2.1
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 Quadro FX 550 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
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

1.96% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($129 (0.7x MSRP) vs $189)

Finer manufacturing process technology (65 nm vs 110 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 128 MB)

More memory bandwidth (57.6 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 96 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or NVIDIA Quadro FX 550?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
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