RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB vs GeForce 9600M GT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNB9P-GSGA107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 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 cores322560
CUDA cores32no data
Core clock speed120 MHz652 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1140 MHz
Number of transistors314 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00091.20
Floating-point processing power0.08 gflopsno data
ROPs832
TMUs1680

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-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 MHz11 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s132.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 3D 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+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 60 Watt

9600M GT has 160.9% lower power consumption.

RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GT and RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600M GT is a notebook graphics card while RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
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