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

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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5550.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5550 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.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 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 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs ATI Radeon HD 5550.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs ATI Radeon HD 5550.

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

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

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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
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 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 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

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

5.0 Out of 3 Hitesti Score
3.6 Out of 5 Hitesti Score