GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs 9600M GT

Place in the ranking	1288	191
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.09	18.20
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	G96C	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	29 January 2019 (6 years 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 cores	32	1920
Core clock speed	120 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	144.0
Floating-point processing power	0.08 TFLOPS	4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	16	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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 size	medium sized	large
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	336.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9600M GT 0.34

RTX 2060 Mobile 28.39
+8250%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9600M GT 1459

RTX 2060 Mobile 57644
+3851%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −10300%	104 +10300%
1440p	0−1	66
4K	0−1	42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −883%	55−60 +883%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2000%	60−65 +2000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −883%	55−60 +883%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −933%	31 +933%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −2383%	149 +2383%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −2400%	100 +2400%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −883%	55−60 +883%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −700%	24 +700%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −775%	70 +775%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −1950%	123 +1950%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −3429%	247 +3429%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1025%	45 +1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1940%	100−110 +1940%
World of Tanks	12−14 −2008%	270−280 +2008%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −883%	55−60 +883%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −600%	21 +600%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −1425%	122 +1425%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −1683%	107 +1683%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1100%	84 +1100%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−8650%

170−180
+8650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14 +367%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2250%	90−95 +2250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1100%	45−50 +1100%
Valorant	5−6 −1640%	87 +1640%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −9700%	98 +9700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −267%	55−60 +267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	31
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6 +200%
Dota 2	14−16 −480%	87 +480%
Valorant	1−2 −4000%	41 +4000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	90 +0%	90 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	82 +0%	82 +0%
Valorant	140 +0%	140 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	106 +0%	106 +0%
Dota 2	99 +0%	99 +0%
Fortnite	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	90 +0%	90 +0%
Metro Exodus	61 +0%	61 +0%
Valorant	81 +0%	81 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	76 +0%	76 +0%
Dota 2	112 +0%	112 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Valorant	123 +0%	123 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	29 +0%	29 +0%
World of Tanks	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	61 +0%	61 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20 +0%	20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Fortnite	39 +0%	39 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

This is how 9600M GT and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 10300% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 9700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 31 test (50%)
there's a draw in 31 test (50%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.34	28.39
Recency	4 June 2008	29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	115 Watt

9600M GT has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8250% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9600M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.