NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 540 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 47 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
3.4x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 111
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 882
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	123 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 882

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

1397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	111	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G84
Launch date	3 June 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1622	1625
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	76.16 gflops
Gigaflops	31
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
CUDA
SLI