NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 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 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 94 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	94 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 28

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	31 vs 28

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	37
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	NV43 A2
Launch date	4 June 2008	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	1679	1677
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	34
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		191 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA