GeForce 8700M GT vs GeForce 9600M GT Mac

GeForce 8700M GT
GeForce 9600M GT Mac
32 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
625MHz
32 Shaders
256MB GDDR3
500MHz
FP32
0.08 TFLOPS
FP32
0.08 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
29W
TDP
23W
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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
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
Family
GeForce 8000
Family
GeForce 9000
Codename
NV84
G84
Variant
NB8P
Codename
NV96
G96
Variant
NB9P-GS
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
6/1/2007
Release Date
10/15/2008
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Die Size
169 mm²
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Die Size
144 mm²
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Transistor Count
289 Million
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Transistor Count
314 Million
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Transistor Density
2.18M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Shading Units
32 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4 SMs
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1250MHz Shader
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625MHz
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1250MHz Shader
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500MHz
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FP32
0.08 TFLOPS
FP32
0.08 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.01 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.01 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
5 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
10 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
8 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
64KB Shared
L2
32KB Shared
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512MB
GDDR3
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256MB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Clock
792MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
25.3GB/s
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TDP
29W
TDP
23W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
2560x1600
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)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
No Decoders
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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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
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
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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PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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