GeForce 8600M GT and GeForce 9600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600M GT vs GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 9600M GT
Architecture
G8x (2007−2008)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
G84M
NB9P-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2007
June 2008
Interface
MXM-II
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
475 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
-
32
Floating-point performance
60.8 gflops
80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
32
Power consumption (TDP)
20 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
7.600
8.000
Memory type
GDDR3, GDDR2
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
25.6 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