NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark		41
PassMark - G3D Mark		282
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU AMD	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	MCP77MH	G94
Launch date	29 July 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1522
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	505 million
Floating-point performance		120 gflops
Pipelines		48
Texture fill rate		12 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2