GeForce 9700M GT and Sandy Bridge GT2 - video card comparison
GeForce 9700M GT
Sandy Bridge GT2
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code name
NB9E-GE
Sandy Bridge GT2
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
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Interface
MXM-II
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Core clock speed
625 MHz
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CUDA cores
32
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Floating-point performance
99.2 gflops
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Gigaflops
148
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Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
32 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
624 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
96
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
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Texture fill rate
10.00
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Memory type
GDDR2, GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
No outputs
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DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
3.3
3.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A