NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 325 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 12
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2008 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	85 vs 12
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 138

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz

Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

138

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	85	12
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	778

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rankine
Code name	G86	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 February 2008	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1174	1176
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	325 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	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	45 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
Length		171 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	650 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