NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 6.88 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
- 4.7x better floating-point performance: 68.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 115
- 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1798 vs 441
- 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1798 vs 441
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007 |
Texture fill rate | 6.88 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 32 vs 8 |
Floating-point performance | 68.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 40 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 131 vs 115 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1798 vs 441 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1798 vs 441 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
- 4.5x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 103 MHz
- Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 58
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 459 MHz vs 103 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 111 vs 58 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 131 | 115 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 58 | 111 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1798 | 441 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1798 | 441 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G96 | G86 |
Launch date | 3 June 2008 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1542 | 1543 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 103 MHz | 459 MHz |
CUDA cores | 32 | |
Floating-point performance | 68.8 gflops | 14.688 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 8 |
Texture fill rate | 6.88 GTexel / s | 3.67 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | 40 Watt |
Transistor count | 314 million | 210 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | DDR2 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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PCI-E 2.0 |