NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO is a graphics card released on April 28, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture using a 65 nm process. It has 96 shading units, 1.5 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 192-bit bus, 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 550 MHz and a 84 W board power rating. It scores 323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 38 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO scores 323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 29.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,073), measured across 253 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 90.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO averages DirectX 9 14 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 253 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1.5 GB of memory, a core clock of 550 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G92-150-A2 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 65 nm process, contains 754 million transistors and has a die size of 324 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO has 96 shading units, 48 texture mapping units and 12 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO runs at a base clock of 550 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO is equipped with 1.5 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO has a board power rating of 84 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO was released on April 28, 2008 and launched at a price of $169.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO has 1.5 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 192-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO has a board power rating of 84 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO scores 323 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 29.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,073.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO was released on April 28, 2008 and launched at a price of $169.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G92 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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