NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G84GPU NameG96B
G84-303-A2Model numberG96-309-B1
TeslaArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryUMC
80 nmProcess Size65 nm
289 millionTransistors314 million
169 mm²Die Size144 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 17th, 2007Release DateJul 29th, 2008
GeForce 8
(8600)
FamilyGeForce 9
(9500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 7 PCIePredecessorGeForce 8
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

128 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
24.00 GB/sBandwidth28.80 GB/s

Performance

4.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.800 GPixel/s
9.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate9.600 GTexel/s
92.80 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance96.00 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

750 MHz
1500 Mbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective
600 MHzGPU Clock600 MHz

Render Config

32Shading Units32
16TMUs16
8ROPs8
32 KBL2 Cache32 KB
4SM Count4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
170 mm
6.7 inches
Length175 mm
6.9 inches
47 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVIDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P402Board NumberP729

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
3.3OpenGL3.3
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model4.0
1.1CUDA1.1