| Attribute | GeForce 9600 GSO 512 × | GeForce 310 × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2008 | 2009 |
| Reference card | Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO 512 650 MHz 512 MB | - |
| GPU brand | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| GPU name | G94 | GT218 |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 550 | 589 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 512 | GeForce 310 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 512 | 512 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 16.2 | 5.3 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 64 |
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 505 | 333 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,010 | 666 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 90 | 31 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 8.8 | 2.36 |
| Render output processors | 16 | 4 |
| Texture mapping units | 24 | 8 |
| Shading units | 48 | 16 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 132 | 45 |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 13.2 | 4.71 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | 498 | 209 |
| Cloud Gate Factor | 7.76 | - |
| T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) | 2972.41 | 1889.04 |