NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 21 February 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.6x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 625 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.1x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 209
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1901
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1901

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1901

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1901

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1901

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	209	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1901	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1901	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96	G94
Launch date	29 July 2008	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1374	1587
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1625 MHz
CUDA cores	32	64
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops	208 gflops
Gigaflops	148
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	64
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 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
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
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	25.6 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