NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 315M

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 73% better floating-point performance: 38.78 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 882
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 14 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 129 vs 115
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 14 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	129 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

882

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	5 January 2011	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1640	1643
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	16	8
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	73	31
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 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
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0