GeForce 9600M GS vs GTX 1080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.22no data
Power efficiency16.38no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP104G96C
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 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 cores256032
Core clock speed1607 MHz103 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.46.880
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS0.0688 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16016

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s800 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

GTX 1080 Mobile 48874
+4206%
9600M GS 1135

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 3 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 20 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 243.8% more advanced lithography process.

9600M GS, on the other hand, has 650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce 9600M GS. We've got no test results to judge.


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