NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
2x better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 140 vs 129
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1052 vs 882
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1052 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2009 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	140 vs 129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 31 Watt
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

129

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

882

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	46
PassMark - G3D Mark	140	129
Geekbench - OpenCL	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	27 November 2009	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1645	1643
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
CUDA cores		8
Gigaflops		31
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA