NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G96CGPU NameNV45
NB9P-GE2Model number6800 Ultra
TeslaArchitectureCurie
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size130 nm
314 millionTransistors222 million
121 mm²Die Size287 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 3rd, 2008Release DateJul 26th, 2004
GeForce 9M
(9600M)
FamilyGeForce 6 PCIe
(6800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8MPredecessorGeForce PCX
MXM-IIBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size256 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
25.60 GB/sBandwidth35.20 GB/s

Performance

3.440 GPixel/sPixel fillrate6.800 GPixel/s
6.880 GTexel/sTexture fillrate6.800 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock550 MHz
1100 Mbps effective
430 MHzGPU Clock425 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
8ROPs16

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
20 WThermal design power (TDP)81 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
3.3OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model3.0