GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce GTX 280M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce GTX 280M
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GTX 280M
592
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GTX 280M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
G94
N10E-GTX
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
February 2008
March 2009
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-IV
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
-
SLI options
+
+
MXM Type
-
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Core clock speed
650 MHz
585 MHz
CUDA cores
64
128
Floating-point performance
208 gflops
374.5 gflops
Gigaflops
-
562
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
128
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
20.8 billion/sec
38 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
Up to 950 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
61 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
-
8.0