8-Core M4-FL vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac

8-Core M4-FL
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac
1024 Shaders
Shared Memory
1470MHz
32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
500MHz
Peak AI Performance
3.01 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.08 TOPS
INT32
FP32
3.01 TFLOPS
FP32
80 GFLOPS
FP16
3.01 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
iGPU
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
Shared
TDP
23W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal 48,585
19%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Apple Gen 6
Architecture
Tesla
Family
M Series
Family
GeForce 9000
Codename
G16G
M4
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Codename
NV96
G96
Variant
NB9P-GS
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/5/2025
Release Date
10/15/2008
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Die Size
144 mm²
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Transistor Count
314 Million
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Transistor Density
2.18M/mm²
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Form
iGPU
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
8 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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Execution Units
128 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
8 GPCs
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1470MHz
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1250MHz Shader
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500MHz
Peak AI Performance
3.01 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
0.08 TOPS
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FP16
3.01 TFLOPS
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FP32
3.01 TFLOPS
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FP32
80 GFLOPS
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INT32
0.08 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.04 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
94.08 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
8 GTexel/s
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L1
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L1
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L2
Unknown
L2
32KB Shared
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Shared Memory
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
792MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.3GB/s
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TDP
Shared
TDP
23W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
1
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Model
Apple Media Engine 3
No Decoders
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
ProRes
ProRes Raw
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP3
VDPAU
Feature Set B
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Change Comparison