NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS 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 9700M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 540 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.6x better floating-point performance: 99.2 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 47 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 209 vs 92
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 100

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	209 vs 92
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 100

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	209	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1901

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G84
Launch date	29 July 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1374	1376
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops	38.08 gflops
Gigaflops	148
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	289 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
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 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	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0