GeForce 8600M GS and GeForce 9300M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600M GS vs GeForce 9300M GS
GeForce 8600M GS
72
GeForce 9300M GS
97
GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 9300M GS
Architecture
G8x (2007−2008)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G84M
NB9M-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2007
June 2008
Interface
MXM-II
MXM-I
Core clock speed
600 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
8
Floating-point performance
28.8 gflops
22.4 gflops
Gigaflops
-
34
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
210 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
8
Power consumption (TDP)
20 Watt
13 Watt
Texture fill rate
3.600
4.400
Memory type
GDDR3, GDDR2
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
11.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A