GeForce 9600M GT and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600M GT vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
NB9P-GS
G84
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
April 2007
Interface
MXM-II
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
120 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
32
-
Floating-point performance
80 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
32
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.000
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A