NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i 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 9700M GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	278 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 38

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 38

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
PassMark - G3D Mark	278	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G94	C73
Launch date	29 July 2008	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1461	1464
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops
Gigaflops	180
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD