NVIDIA GeForce 610M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 610M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 5.6x more core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 120 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 61% better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 137
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 29
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1602 vs 1140
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2848 vs 1679
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1602 vs 1140
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2848 vs 1679
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2011 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed 672 MHz vs 120 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 292 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 vs 29
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1602 vs 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2848 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1602 vs 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2848 vs 1679

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 610M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
111
29
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1602
1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2848
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1602
1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2848
1679
Name NVIDIA GeForce 610M NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 292 137
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 29
Geekbench - OpenCL 1372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1602 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2848 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1602 1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2848 1679

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 610M NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G96
Launch date 1 December 2011 4 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1522 1525
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 672 MHz 120 MHz
CUDA cores 48 32
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 314 million
Video decoders H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-II
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s

Technologies

CUDA
Optimus
PCI-E 2.0