NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M 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 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 129 vs 89
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 20 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	129 vs 89
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 28.8 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1095 vs 882
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1095 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	28.8 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1095 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1095 vs 882

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

1095

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

1095

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	129	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	1095

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	1 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1648	1651
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	28.8 gflops
Gigaflops	31
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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