Radeon HD 8870M and GeForce 9600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 8870M vs GeForce 9600M GT
Radeon HD 8870M
1687
GeForce 9600M GT
139
Radeon HD 8870M
GeForce 9600M GT
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
Venus
NB9P-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
December 2012
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
775 MHz
-
Core clock speed
725 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
-
32
Floating-point performance
992.0 gflops
80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,500 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
32
Power consumption (TDP)
-
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.00
8.000
Memory type
GDDR5, DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (11_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A