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).

 

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
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 100 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 100 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200

  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 26
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 31 vs 26

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
100
37
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26
31
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS NVIDIA GeForce 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark 100 37
PassMark - G2D Mark 26 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