NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.7x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 149
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 996
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 149
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

3.8x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 120 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1679

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1679

996

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	150	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	27	32
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G86
Launch date	4 June 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1530	1657
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	120 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
SLI