NVIDIA GeForce G105M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G105M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce G105M

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G105M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

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
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 700 (GDDR3) MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 166 vs 63
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 23
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1314
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1314

Specifications (specs)
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
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 700 (GDDR3) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	166 vs 63
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 23
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 1314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 1314

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G105M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1314

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G105M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	63	166
PassMark - G2D Mark	23	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	2534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1314	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1314	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G105M	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G96C
Launch date	8 January 2009	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1665	1667
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	8	32
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops	89.6 gflops
Gigaflops	38
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
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	VGADual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortHDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 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	2.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	8 (DDR2) / 11 (GDDR3)	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 (DDR2) / 700 (GDDR3) MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		256 / 512 MB
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0
SLI