Xbox One GPU vs GeForce 9600M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1295not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.19no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG96CDurango
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)22 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores32768
Core clock speed103 MHz853 MHz
Number of transistors314 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate6.88040.94
Floating-point processing power0.0688 TFLOPS1.31 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1648

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIIGP

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s68.22 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 22 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 95 Watt

9600M GS has 375% lower power consumption.

Xbox One GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GS and Xbox One GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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