9600M GT vs 9650M GS

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	1029	not rated
Value for money	0.01	no data
Architecture	G8x (2007−2008)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	NB9P-GS1	NB9P-GS
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2008 (14 years old)	4 June 2008 (14 years old)
Current price	$180	$287

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 cores	32	32
CUDA cores	32	32
Core clock speed	625 MHz	120 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	29 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.00	8.000
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	80 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce 9650M GS and GeForce 9600M GT 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 size	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR2?, GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	13 March 2008	4 June 2008
Chip lithography	80 nm	65 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	29 Watt	23 Watt

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