NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
2.8x better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 654 vs 209
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 1901
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 1901

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	654 vs 209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 1901

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 58

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

654

209

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

1901

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

1901

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	654	209
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	1901

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G96
Launch date	7 January 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1375	1377
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	99.2 gflops
Gigaflops	413	148
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
PCI-E 2.0