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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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HybridPower | ||
MXM 3.0 Type-B | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PowerMizer 8.0 | ||
SLI | ||
3D Vision |