NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT 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 GTS

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.3x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 376 vs 137
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 87 vs 57
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3076 vs 1465
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3076 vs 1465

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	376 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	87 vs 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076 vs 1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076 vs 1465

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

376

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3076

1465

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3076

1465

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	376	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	87	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G96
Launch date	21 August 2008	19 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1339	1579
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	64	32
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	84.8 gflops
Gigaflops	240
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	32
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
PCI-E 2.0