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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT is a graphics card, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 64 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, 57.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 650 MHz and a 95 W board power rating. It scores 470 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

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8/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 34 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: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

64cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR3 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

650 MHz base

Board power

95 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT scores 470 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 34.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,925), measured across 3,846 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 41.

PassMark G3D Mark

470

Rank #1,925
Faster than 34.9% of 2,658 GPUs
3,846 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 19 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 35.8% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT averages DirectX 9 19 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 3,846 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 650 MHz

Memory clock 1800 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 95 W

First benchmarked 2011-02-07

Samples 3,846

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 650 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2011-02-07. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Green Edition, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 505 M

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT is based on the Tesla architecture and contains 505 million transistors.

Shader configuration

Shading units 64

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT has 64 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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 GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.

Clock speeds

Base clock 650 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT runs at a base clock of 650 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 57.6 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 57.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT has a board power rating of 95 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 95 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price $179

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 9 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT launched at a price of $179.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 470

PassMark G2D 41

Rank #1,925

Samples 3,846

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as GeForce 9600 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) and (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.

Other names (PassMark) GeForce 9600 GT; NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 57.6 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT has a board power rating of 95 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT scores 470 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 34.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,925.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

What was the launch price of the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT launched at a price of $179.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 value on the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT record was corrected and 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.