NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 84.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 August 2008 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops vs 80 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 27

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 150 vs 137
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 1465
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 1465

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	150 vs 137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679 vs 1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679 vs 1465

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1465

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1465

1679

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	137	150
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1465	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1465	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1140

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G96
Launch date	19 August 2008	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1573	1530
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	120 MHz
CUDA cores	32	32
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0