GeForce 8800 GTS 640 vs 9700M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1223not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.82no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG96G80
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)8 November 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores3296
Core clock speed625 MHz513 MHz
Number of transistors314 million681 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt143 Watt
Texture fill rate10.0024.62
Floating-point processing power0.0992 TFLOPS0.2281 TFLOPS
Gigaflops148no data
ROPs820
TMUs1624

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 1.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB640 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s63.36 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 8 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 640 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 143 Watt

9700M GT has an age advantage of 1 year, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 217.8% lower power consumption.

8800 GTS 640, on the other hand, has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9700M GT and GeForce 8800 GTS 640. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9700M GT is a notebook card while GeForce 8800 GTS 640 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
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