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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT is a graphics card released on January 1, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 32 shading units, 512 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus, 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 500 MHz and a 23 W board power rating. It scores 170 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaNB9P-GS(G96)

8/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 33 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: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

32cores

Memory

512 MB

128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

500 MHz base

Board power

23 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT scores 170 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,232), measured across 982 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 25.

PassMark G3D Mark

170

Rank #2,232
Faster than 23.1% of 2,658 GPUs
982 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 8 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 14.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT averages DirectX 9 8 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 982 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 500 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 23 W

First benchmarked 2009-04-02

Samples 982

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 500 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / GeForce GT 220M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename NB9P-GS(G96)

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB9P-GS(G96) graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 32

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT has 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 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 GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.

Clock speeds

Base clock 500 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT runs at a base clock of 500 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type Not recorded

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT is equipped with 512 MB of memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT has a board power rating of 23 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 23 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched January 1, 2008

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT was released on January 1, 2008.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 170

PassMark G2D 25

Rank #2,232

Samples 982

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as APPLE GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (197.13), NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Custom Forceware 180.43], NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Dox Optimised 182.05: Per, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Dox Optimised 185.68] and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) APPLE GeForce 9600M GT; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (197.13); NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Custom Forceware 180.43]; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Dox Optimised 182.05: Per; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [Dox Optimised 185.68]; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT has 512 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT has a board power rating of 23 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT scores 170 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,232.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT released?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 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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