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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

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The Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks and successor to the 8700M GT. Technically, the 9700M GT is a higher clocked version of the 9600M GT. It is produced in 65nm (allows higher clock rates with the same current consumption) and features a new PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9700M GT supports Hybrid-SLI (only HybridPower). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost is not supported with this card, as there would be no performance gain.

As the 9600M GT and 8700M GT, the 9700M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and pixel-shaders (which are higher clocked than the core with 1550 MHz).

The performance of the 9700M GT is clearly above the 9600M GT because of the high clock speed (highest current clockspeed of the 9000M series). Still demanding DirectX 10 games, like Crysis wont run fluently with high details and high resolutions. 

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9700M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core).

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

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The Nvidia GeForce 9700M GTS is a graphics adapter for laptops and based on the G94 core (like the 9800M GTS) and features 48 shader processors (in difference to the 9700M GT which is based on the G96 with 32 shaders).

Because of the additional shaders, the 9700M GTS is faster than the GT (altough the slower core clock). Therefore, DirectX 10 games of 2008 should all be playable in medium to high details. Crysis for instance, ran with 30 fps in medium details and 1024x768. Therefore, it should be fluently playable with low-medium detail settings. Less demanding games should run in high detail settings.

As all cards with DirectX 10 capabilities, the GeForce 9700M GTS renders the 3D images using "Unified Shaders". There don't exist any more dedicated pixel- and vertex shaders but 48 so called stream processors make the graphic work (which has been done by pixel and vertex shaders in former days). Furthermore, the shader units are higher clocked than the chip.

An advantage of the GeForce 9000 series is the integrated PureVideo HD video processor. It is able to help with the decoding of H.264-, VC-1-, MPEG2- and WMV9 video material in HD quality and eases the CPU.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9700M GTS supports Hybrid-SLI (only HybridPower). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost is not supported with this card, as there would be no performance gain to combine the integrated GPU with the 9700M GTS.

Currently there is no desktop graphics adapter that is technically compareable with the 9700M GTS. Performance-wise the card should lie somewhere between the desktop 9500 and 9600 series.

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTNVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce 9700M Series
GeForce 9700M GTS 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9700M GT 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9700M GTS 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9700M GT 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
CodenameNB9E-GENB9E-GS
ArchitectureG9xG9x
Pipelines32 - unified48 - unified
Core Speed625 MHz530 MHz
Shader Speed1550 MHz1325 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption45 Watt60 Watt
Transistors314 Million504 Million
technology65 nm65 nm
FeaturesPCI-E 2.0, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (with nVidia 9100 chipset), CUDA, PhysX readyPureVideo HD, HybridPower, CUDA, PhysX ready
Notebook Sizemedium sizedlarge
Date of Announcement03.06.2008 15.07.2008
InformationMXM 3MXM 3
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 1669     avg: 1750     median: 1749.5 (1%)     max: 1830 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
min: 2608     avg: 3072     median: 2825 (1%)     max: 3784 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
1535 Points (1%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
min: 2401     avg: 2453     median: 2452.5 (1%)     max: 2504 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
25300 Points (26%)
28921 Points (30%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
18260 Points (10%)
22836 Points (12%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 11260     avg: 11355     median: 11355 (12%)     max: 11450 Points
13125 Points (14%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
3DMark 06
6920 Points (9%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
3DMark 06
min: 5575     avg: 5909     median: 5908.5 (8%)     max: 6242 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
min: 7628     avg: 7779     median: 7779 (10%)     max: 7930 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
5.9 Points (87%)
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
5.9 Points (87%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
3843 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS → 135% n=6

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
73.9  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
30.9  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
18.7  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
74.3  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
30.2  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
17.8  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
46  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
27  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
GeForce 9700M GTS:
124.4  fps
med. 640x480
GeForce 9700M GTS:
126.4  fps
high 800x600
GeForce 9700M GTS:
124.8  fps
ultra 1024x768
GeForce 9700M GTS:
122  fps
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTSlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark73.930.8818.73
Crysis - CPU Benchmark74.330.2217.82
World in Conflict - Benchmark4627
Doom 3124.4126.4124.8122
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