NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 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 9800M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.5x more texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 4.54 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 64 vs 8
7.6x better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 102

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 1 June 2008
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 4.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 8
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 102

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 530 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	80 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

555

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	555	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G98
Launch date	1 November 2008	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1461	1463
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59.95
Price now		$59.95
Value for money (0-100)		1.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	567 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops	22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	8
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec	4.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0