GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce 9700M GTS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce 9700M GTS
286
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 9700M GTS
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
G84
NB9E-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
April 2007
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
530 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
127.2 gflops
Gigaflops
-
180
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
48
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
12.72
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A