RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce 9600M GT

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameNB9P-GSAD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2008 (15 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price$287 no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores322560
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed120 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors314 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000162.0
Floating-point performance80 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9600M GT and RTX 1000 Mobile Ada Generation 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 sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s192.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 35 Watt

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