NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac
32 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
475MHz
32 Shaders
128MB GDDR3
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
FP32
60 GFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
20W
TDP
20W

Peak AI Performance

  • Same Performance vs GeForce 8600M GT Mac
  • Same Performance vs GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M GS - 0.06 TOPS INT32
x1
GeForce 8600M GT Mac - 0.06 TOPS INT32
x1

FP32

  • Same Performance vs GeForce 8600M GT Mac
  • Same Performance vs GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M GS - 60 GFLOPS FP32
x1
GeForce 8600M GT Mac - 60 GFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 10% faster vs GeForce 8600M GT Mac
  • 9% slower vs GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M GS - 22.4GB/s
x1.1
GeForce 8600M GT Mac - 20.3GB/s
x1
  • Same TDP vs GeForce 8600M GT Mac
  • Same TDP vs GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M GS - 20W
x1
GeForce 8600M GT Mac - 20W
x1
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
Family
GeForce 9000
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
NV96
G96
Variant
NB9P-GV
Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
10/15/2008
Release Date
5/1/2007
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
65nm
Fabrication Node
80nm
Die Size
144 mm²
Die Size
169 mm²
Transistor Count
314 Million
Transistor Count
289 Million
Transistor Density
2.18M/mm²
Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
32 Shaders
Shading Units
32 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
950MHz Shader
475MHz
940MHz Shader
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
FP32
60 GFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
INT32
0.06 TOPS
INT32
0.06 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
3.8 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
L1
Unknown
L1
Unknown
L2
32KB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
512MB
GDDR3
128MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
700MHz
Transfer Rate
1.4GT/s
Bandwidth
22.4GB/s
Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
TDP
20W
TDP
20W
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
No Encoders
No Encoders
No Decoders
No Decoders
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
PureVideo HD
VP3
VDPAU
Feature Set B
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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