NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Mac 256MB
640 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1176MHz
32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
470MHz
Peak AI Performance
6.02 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
FP32
1.51 TFLOPS
FP32
60 GFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
65W
TDP
20W
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
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
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Maxwell
Architecture
Tesla
Family
GeForce 900
Family
GeForce 8000
Codename
NV117
GM107
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Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
3/12/2015
Release Date
5/1/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
148 mm²
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Transistor Count
1.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Density
12.64M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
5 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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1097MHz Base
1176MHz
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940MHz Shader
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470MHz
Peak AI Performance
6.02 TOPS
INT8
Peak AI Performance
0.06 TOPS
INT32
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FP32
1.51 TFLOPS
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FP32
60 GFLOPS
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FP64
50 GFLOPS
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INT8
6.02 TOPS
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INT32
1.51 TOPS
INT32
0.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
18.816 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
3.76 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
47.04 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
7.52 GTexel/s
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
2MB Shared
L2
64KB Shared
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2GB
GDDR5
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
80GB/s
Clock
635MHz
Transfer Rate
1.3GT/s
Bandwidth
20.3GB/s
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TDP
65W
TDP
20W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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Model
NVENC 2
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 1
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.0
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.1
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Not a Card
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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