NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 79

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 November 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	309 vs 308
PassMark - G3D Mark	126 vs 79

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

309

308

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G2D Mark	309	308
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	79

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	C78
Launch date	26 November 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	522	525
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2