NVIDIA GeForce 825M vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 825M and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce 825M

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 825M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 589 MHz
12.8x more texture fill rate: 30.11 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 384 vs 8
32.2x better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 782 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 January 2014 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 8
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	782 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 309 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	309 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 825M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	782	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	15796

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK208	GT218
Launch date	27 January 2014	26 November 2009
Place in performance rating	791	519
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	8
Texture fill rate	30.11 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	1300 Million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0