P30PH vs GeForce 9700M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1217not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.83no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameG96Polaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores322048
Core clock speed625 MHz1120 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1206 MHz
Number of transistors314 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate10.00154.4
Floating-point processing power0.0992 TFLOPS4.94 TFLOPS
Gigaflops148no data
ROPs832
TMUs16128

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-IIPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2100 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s268.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.0b
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 180 Watt

9700M GT has 300% lower power consumption.

P30PH, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9700M GT and P30PH. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9700M GT is a notebook card while P30PH is a desktop one.


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