NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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 8800M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 8 November 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
2.2x better floating-point performance: 345.6 gflops vs 160 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 382
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1989
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 64
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops vs 160 gflops
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	590 vs 382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1989

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1989

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	590
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1989	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1989	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G80
Launch date	1 November 2007	8 November 2006
Place in performance rating	1250	1266
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	576 MHz
CUDA cores	64	575
Floating-point performance	160 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	64	128
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	155 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI