NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE 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 7300 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 94 vs 80
6.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 747 vs 111
6.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 747 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	94 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	747 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	747 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 48 vs 28

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	48 vs 28

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	94	80
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	48
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	747	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	747	111

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	G72
Launch date	4 June 2008	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1679	1681
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$32
Price now		$32
Value for money (0-100)		2.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	34
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA