GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition vs Quadro FX 3700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1162not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.87no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG92G96C
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date8 January 2008 (17 years ago)25 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores11232
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors754 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate28.008.000
Floating-point processing power0.28 TFLOPS0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5616

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
Length267 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz792 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s25.34 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK 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
CUDA1.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2008 25 October 2008
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 23 Watt

9600M GT Mac Edition has an age advantage of 9 months, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 239.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 3700 and GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 3700 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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