NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 32
9.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 270
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 32
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	798 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 197 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 197 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

518

328

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	798	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	518	328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G84
Launch date	18 March 2008	13 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	488	486
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1250 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)	32
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128	32
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI