NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS is a graphics card released on January 1, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 32 shading units, 1 GB of video memory on a 128-bit bus, a boost clock of 430 MHz and a 20 W board power rating. It scores 155 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 31 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS scores 155 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 22.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,259), measured across 252 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 56.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS averages DirectX 9 7 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 252 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 430 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB9P-GE2(G96) graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS has 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS runs at a base clock of 430 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS is equipped with 1 GB of memory and uses a 128-bit memory bus.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS has a board power rating of 20 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS was released on January 1, 2008.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS [Dox Optimised 182.05: Per and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS has 1 GB of video memory on a 128-bit bus.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS has a board power rating of 20 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS scores 155 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 22.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,259.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS released?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS was released on January 1, 2008.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G96 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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