NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 GT 330M

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.3x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 64 vs 48
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 218
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 42
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 1903
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 1903

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 48
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 218
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 1903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 1903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903	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 GT 330M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G94
Launch date	10 January 2010	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1584	1587
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
CUDA cores	48	64
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	208 gflops
Gigaflops	182
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	64
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1625 MHz
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
SLI
3D Vision