NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE 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 6200 X2 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI

2x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm

Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
PassMark - G2D Mark		320
PassMark - G3D Mark		104

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 X2 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2	MCP79Mx + NB9M
Launch date	16 January 2008	9 January 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	506
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	280 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	65 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 1.12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	75 million
Pipelines		24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		1