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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
159
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
58
28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1798
10
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1798
10
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

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

PCI-E 2.0
SLI