NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 60 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 28
- 179.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1798 vs 10
- 179.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1798 vs 10
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007 |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 60 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 58 vs 28 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1798 vs 10 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1798 vs 10 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
- 6.6x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 103 MHz
- Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 billion / sec vs 6.88 GTexel / s
- Around 35% better floating-point performance: 92.8 gflops vs 68.8 gflops
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 159 vs 131
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 675 MHz vs 103 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 billion / sec vs 6.88 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 92.8 gflops vs 68.8 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 159 vs 131 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 131 | 159 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 58 | 28 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1798 | 10 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1798 | 10 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1728 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1728 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G96 | G84 |
Launch date | 3 June 2008 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1543 | 1545 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 103 MHz | 675 MHz |
CUDA cores | 32 | |
Floating-point performance | 68.8 gflops | 92.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 6.88 GTexel / s | 10.8 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | 60 Watt |
Transistor count | 314 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 32 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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