NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 96 Watt
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1140 vs 127
  • 9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1140 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 June 2008 vs 21 February 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1140 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1140 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

  • 13.5x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 120 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 150
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 27
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1679
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1679
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 64 vs 32
Floating-point performance 208 gflops vs 80 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 477 vs 150
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 vs 27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3161 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3161 vs 1679

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
477
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
27
44
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1140
127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1140
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1679
3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1679
3161
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 150 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 27 44
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1140 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1140 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1679 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1679 3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.465

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G96 G94
Launch date 4 June 2008 21 February 2008
Place in performance rating 1530 1587
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 120 MHz 1625 MHz
CUDA cores 32 64
Floating-point performance 80 gflops 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 32 64
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 96 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 505 million
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
3D Vision
SLI