NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 513 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 11x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 143 Watt
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 31
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2008 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt vs 143 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 50 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
  • 10.2x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 320 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 413 vs 122
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 12.31 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 8
Floating-point performance 228.1 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size 320 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
122
413
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
50
31
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark 122 413
PassMark - G2D Mark 50 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 882

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G98 G80
Launch date 3 June 2008 12 February 2007
Place in performance rating 1633 1635
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $269

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 513 MHz
CUDA cores 8
Floating-point performance 22.4 gflops 228.1 gflops
Gigaflops 31
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 8 96
Texture fill rate 4.4 GTexel / s 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt 143 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 681 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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 320 MB
Memory bandwidth 11.2 GB / s 63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA