GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce 8600M GT SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce 8600M GT SLI
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
GM206
NB8P-GS
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
October 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
475 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
-
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
598 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
64
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
10
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
-
OpenGL
4.4
-
Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-