NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition

10.5x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 112 vs 16
13.1x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 600 MHz

Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 16
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
9.6x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 125 Watt

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
PassMark - G3D Mark		85
PassMark - G2D Mark		242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		778

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G86
Launch date	1 February 2008	1 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1174
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	112	16
Texture fill rate	33.6 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0