GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition vs 6800 GTO
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | NV45 | G96C |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 April 2004 (21 years ago) | 25 October 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 222 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.200 | 8.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.08 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 8 |
| TMUs | 12 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 792 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s | 25.34 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 April 2004 | 25 October 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 55 nm |
9600M GT Mac Edition has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GTO and GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 6800 GTO is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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