NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 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 9650M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 137 vs 27
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 August 2008 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	137 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
PassMark - G3D Mark	137	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6100 + nForce 405
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	C61
Launch date	19 August 2008	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	1575	1576
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCI
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0