NVIDIA GeForce 305M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 305M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

5.7x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
6.5x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 151

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 305M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 305M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	1987
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 305M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G92
Launch date	10 January 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1326	1329
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1150 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	16	96
Floating-point performance	36.8 gflops	240 gflops
Gigaflops	55	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	96
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD