NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro K500M

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Table of Contents

Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
Clocks
Memory Configuration
Render Configuration
Performance
Dimensions & Outputs
API Support & Features
Other Features
Mobile graphics

Graphics Processor

GPU model	G94	GK107
GPU variant	G94-300-A1	N14M-Q1
Architecture	Tesla	Kepler
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC
Manufacturing process	65 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors	505 million	1,270 million
Die size	240 mm²	118 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date	Dec 22nd, 2008	—
Generation	GeForce 9	—
Production	End-of-life	—
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	—
Reviews	151 in our database	—
Predecessor	GeForce 8	—
Successor	GeForce 200	—

Clocks

GPU clock	600 MHz	850 MHz
Shader clock	1500 MHz	—
Memory clock	266 MHz 532 Mbps effective	800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size	1024 MB	1024 MB
Memory type	DDR2	DDR3
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 bit
Bandwidth	17.02 GB/s	12.80 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units	64	192
TMUs	32	16
ROPs	16	8
SM count	8	—
Cache L2	64 KB	128 KB
SMX count	—	1
Cache L1	—	16 KB (per SMX)

Performance

Pixel rate	9.600 GPixel/s	3.400 GPixel/s
Texture rate	19.20 GTexel/s	13.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (float) performance	192.0 GFLOPS	326.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance	—	13.60 GFLOPS (1:24)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width	Single-slot	MXM Module
Length	229 mm 9 inches	—
TDP	95 W	35 W
Suggested PSU	250 W	—
Outputs	2x DVI	No outputs
Power connectors	1x 6-pin	—

API Support & Features

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	—	1.1
CUDA	1.1	3.0
Shader model	4.0	5.1

Other Features

Mobile graphics

Release date	—	Jun 1st, 2012
Generation	—	Quadro Mobile (Kx000M)
Production	—	End-of-life
Interface	—	MXM-A (3.0)
Reviews	—	26 in our database

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