NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

3.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		164
PassMark - G2D Mark		33
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	MCP79MX	G96C
Launch date	29 July 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1667
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		89.6 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		32
Texture fill rate		8.8 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI