NVIDIA GeForce G 205M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G 205M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G 205M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G 205M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later

Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 1 December 2009

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G 205M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G 205M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark		415
PassMark - G2D Mark		43
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3259

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G 205M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	Tesla
Code name	MCP79MX	G92
Launch date	1 January 2010	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1262
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$49.95
Value for money (0-100)		22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	96
Floating-point performance		288 gflops
Texture fill rate		28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0