GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition  vs  AMD Radeon R5 230.

not rated
Place in performance rating
1017
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Value for money (0-100)
4.61
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale 2
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Code name
Caicos
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Type
Desktop
21 February 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
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Price now
$119
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Design
reference
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Value for money
0.13
G94
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition  vs  AMD Radeon R5 230 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
160
600 MHz
Core clock speed
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Transistor count
370 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
19.20
Texture fill rate
5.000
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Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
64
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
505 million
Number of transistors
370 million
95 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition and AMD Radeon R5 230 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
229 mm
Length
168 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
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Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition vs AMD Radeon R5 230.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1400 MBps
Memory clock speed
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44.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition vs AMD Radeon R5 230.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

1.1
CUDA
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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
-
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Enduro
-
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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​PowerPlay
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition and AMD Radeon R5 230 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
3.3
OpenGL
4.4
N/A
Vulkan
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4.0
Shader Model
5.0
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition and AMD Radeon R5 230 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 GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition or AMD Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition
AMD Radeon R5 230
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (44.8 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

2.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

So, GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 230 .

GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.3 Out of 3 Hitesti Score
2.8 Out of 23 Hitesti Score