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

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 GT  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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
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 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 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

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

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

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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
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 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 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

1.7 Out of 475 Hitesti Score
3.7 Out of 217 Hitesti Score