NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

The Nvidia GeForce 9650M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks and technically a higher clocked 9600M GT. It is produced in 55nm and therefore the current consumption is similar to the 9600M GT which is produced in 65nm. As the 9600M GT it features the PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9650M 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 8600M GT and 9600M GT, the 9650M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and pixel-shaders.

The performance of the 9650M GT should be somewhere near the 9650M GS because of the high shader clock rate (with GDDR3). According to Zepto (first manufacturer who announced the card) the 9650M GT should be up to 20% faster than a 9600M GT (in 3DMark06).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9650M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core). The desktop CPU 9600 GT has a 256 bit memory bus and is therefore much faster.

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

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The Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks andsuccessor to the 8600M GT. Compared to the 8600M GT or 9500M GS, the 9600M GT was 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 9600M 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 8600M GT, the 9600M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and pixel-shaders.

The performance of the 9600M GT should be somewhere between the 9500M GS and the 8700M GT (depends if GDDR2 or GDDR3 memory chips are used).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9600M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core). The desktop CPU 9600 GT has a 256 bit memory bus and is therefore much faster.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

GeForce 9600M Series

GeForce 9650M GT	32 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9600M GT	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9600M GS	32 @ 0.43 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz

GeForce 9650M GT	32 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9600M GT	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 9600M GS	32 @ 0.43 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz

Codename

NB9P-GT

NB9P-GS

Architecture

G9x

Pipelines

32 - unified

Core Speed

550 MHz

500 MHz

Shader Speed

1325 MHz

1250 MHz

Memory Speed

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR2, GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

1024 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

Power Consumption

23 Watt

Transistors

314 Million

technology

55 nm

65 nm

Features

PCI-E 2.0, 400 MHz Speichertaktung bei GDDR2, 800 MHz bei GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (mit aktuellen nVidia Chipsätzen).

PCI-E 2.0, 1250 MHz Shader Taktung, 400 MHz Speichertaktung bei GDDR2, 800 MHz bei GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (mit aktuellen nVidia Chipsätzen).

Notebook Size

medium sized

Date of Announcement

19.08.2008

04.06.2008

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com