Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile vs GeForce 9600M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1277not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.09no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Xe-LPG (2023)
GPU code nameG96CMeteor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

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 cores321024
Core clock speed120 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2250 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000144.0
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1664

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIRing Bus
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 55 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 28 Watt

9600M GT has 21.7% lower power consumption.

Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GT and Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
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