NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 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 9200M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 51
4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 882 vs 184
4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 882 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	122 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 50

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

184

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

184

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	NV44 B2
Launch date	3 June 2008	8 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1633	1636
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	31
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA