GeForce 9600M GT and GeForce 8600M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600M GT vs GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce 8600M GS
72
GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 8600M GS
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
NB9P-GS
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
June 2007
Interface
MXM-II
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
120 MHz
600 MHz
CUDA cores
32
-
Floating-point performance
80 gflops
28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
16
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.000
3.600
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
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
12.8 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