NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
  • Around 33% better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 208 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 96 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 477
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 44
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 3161
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 3161
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines 96 vs 64
Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 38 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 645 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 vs 44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 vs 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 vs 3161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1436 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 1436 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
645
477
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3329
3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3329
3161
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 645 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 44
Geekbench - OpenCL 11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3329 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3329 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 GTS 360M NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT215 G94
Launch date 7 January 2010 21 February 2008
Place in performance rating 1372 1587
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 1436 MHz 1625 MHz
CUDA cores 96 64
Floating-point performance 275.71 gflops 208 gflops
Gigaflops 413
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 64
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 38 Watt 96 Watt
Transistor count 727 million 505 million
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (22.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 900 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management 8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
3D Vision