NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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 9600M GS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 6.88 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
  • 4.7x better floating-point performance: 68.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 115
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1798 vs 441
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1798 vs 441
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate 6.88 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines 32 vs 8
Floating-point performance 68.8 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 131 vs 115
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1798 vs 441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1798 vs 441

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

  • 4.5x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 103 MHz
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 58
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 459 MHz vs 103 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 111 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
115
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
58
111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1798
441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1798
441
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 131 115
PassMark - G2D Mark 58 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1798 441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1798 441

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G96 G86
Launch date 3 June 2008 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1542 1543
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 103 MHz 459 MHz
CUDA cores 32
Floating-point performance 68.8 gflops 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 32 8
Texture fill rate 6.88 GTexel / s 3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3 DDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PCI-E 2.0