NVIDIA GeForce 9200M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M and NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	15 October 2008 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M	NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
PassMark - G3D Mark		65
PassMark - G2D Mark		34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M	NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	C79MX	MCP77MV MCP79MVL
Launch date	15 October 2008	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1687
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	314 million
Pipelines		8
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	10
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Shared memory		yes