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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

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: 412 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	412 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

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	412
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