NVIDIA GeForce 305M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 305M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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 GTS 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 28 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 113

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 113

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 1150 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 16 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
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 151
4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8210 vs 1987

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 16
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 151
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210 vs 1987

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 305M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

113

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1987

8210

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 305M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark	151	408
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	113
Geekbench - OpenCL	1987	8210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3123

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 305M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT215
Launch date	10 January 2010	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1327	1328
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1150 MHz	1249 MHz
CUDA cores	16	96
Floating-point performance	36.8 gflops	240 gflops
Gigaflops	55	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	96
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0	8.0
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI