NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G vs ATI Radeon 9200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G and ATI Radeon 9200 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 9300M G

ATI Radeon 9200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 250 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 28 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
21.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 4
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 135

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2008 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 28 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 135

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

135

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	ATI Radeon 9200
PassMark - G3D Mark	85	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	778

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	ATI Radeon 9200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G86	RV280
Launch date	1 February 2008	1 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1168	1182
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2 / GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0