GeForce 9700M GT and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9700M GT vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 9700M GT
214
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce 9700M GT
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
NB9E-GE
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
June 2007
Interface
MXM-II
MXM-II
Core clock speed
625 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores
32
-
Floating-point performance
99.2 gflops
60.8 gflops
Gigaflops
148
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
32
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.00
7.600
Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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