NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition

3.9x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 90 Watt
Around 76% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 900 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

3.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 95% better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 80 gflops

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	156 gflops vs 80 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
PassMark - G3D Mark		330
PassMark - G2D Mark		79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2239

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G94
Launch date	25 October 2008	23 October 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1435
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	48
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.34 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA