GeForce 9800M GTX and GeForce 8600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800M GTX vs GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 9800M GTX
468
GeForce 8600M GT
92
GeForce 9800M GTX
GeForce 8600M GT
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
NB9E-GTX
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
July 2008
June 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
500 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores per GPU
112
-
Floating-point performance
280 gflops
60.8 gflops
Gigaflops
420
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
32
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
28.00
7.600
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 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