GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs 9200
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1318 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.77 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Maxwell (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | C78 | GM107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 May 2008 (17 years ago) | 13 March 2015 (10 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 | 16 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 993 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1124 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 1,870 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 44.96 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0384 TFLOPS | 1.439 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 40 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 | PCI | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Width | IGP | 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 | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 28.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 May 2008 | 13 March 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 75 Watt |
GeForce 9200 has 87.5% lower power consumption.
GTX 950M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9200 and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9200 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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