GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile vs 9600M GT Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG96CGB206
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date25 October 2008 (16 years ago)2025

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 cores324608
Core clock speed500 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000362.9
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs16144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 5.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed792 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.34 GB/s507.2 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 115 Watt

9600M GT Mac Edition has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 5070 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition and GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Mac Edition
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