Go 7800 GTX vs 9600M GS

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1176
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)G7x (2005−2007)
GPU code nameNB9P-GEG70M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 June 2008 (15 years old)29 September 2005 (18 years old)
Current price$154 $207
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32no data
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed103 MHz8 MHz
Boost clock speedno data440 MHz
Number of transistors314 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate6.88010.56
Floating-point performance68.8 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600M GS and GeForce Go 7800 GTX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3256
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit550 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s35.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9600M GS 118
Go 7800 GTX 209
+77.1%

Go 7800 GTX outperforms 9600M GS by 77% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 3 June 2008 29 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GS and GeForce Go 7800 GTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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