AMD Radeon E6460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G96 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | E6460 | NB9E-GE |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | UMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 144 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Apr 7th, 2011 | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Embedded (6000) | GeForce 9M (9700M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 100M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 625 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1550 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 25.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.400 GPixel/s | 5.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.800 GTexel/s | 10.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 192.0 GFLOPS | 99.20 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 25 W | 45 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
