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NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2008

GeForce 9600 GSO 512

GeForce 9600 GSO 512: 512 MB GDDR3, 90 W, 48 CUDA cores. Launched October 23, 2008 at $189.

Memory
512 MB
Power
90 W
Bus width
256 bit
Memory512 MB52 of 290 in GeForce
Power90 W40 of 243 by higher draw in GeForce
CUDA cores4860 of 154 in GeForce
Launch price$18990 of 161 in GeForce

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Memory

Capacity
512 MB
Memory type
GDDR3
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
900 MHz
Bandwidth
57.6 GB/s

Compute

CUDA cores
48
SM count
6
TMUs
24
ROPs
16
Pixel fill rate
10.4 GP/s
Texture fill rate
15.6 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
650 MHz

Board

TDP
90 W
Bus interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
189 USD

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G94-300-A1 G94B
Process
65 nm
Transistors
505 million
Series
GeForce
Launch date
October 23, 2008

Not recorded by the source: generation, die size, boost clock and fp32, or 1 further field.

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

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Within its series, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512 ranks 52nd of 290 for memory capacity. Its 90 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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