GeForce 315M vs 9600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1030not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.96no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG94GT218
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 February 2008 (16 years ago)5 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores6416
Core clock speed650 MHz606 MHz
Number of transistors505 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt14 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate20.804.848
Floating-point processing power0.208 TFLOPS0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data73
ROPs164
TMUs328

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 MBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHzUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support++
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.14.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9600 GT 487
+323%
GeForce 315M 115

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2008 5 January 2011
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 315M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 585.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce 315M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9600 GT is a desktop card while GeForce 315M is a notebook one.


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