NVIDIA GeForce G103M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G103M and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 34 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	34 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.2x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 640 MHz
Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 5.12 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
3.5x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 640 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 5.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G103M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G103M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	34	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	63	172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G103M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G96C
Launch date	1 September 2009	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1663	1666
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	5.12 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI