NVIDIA GeForce G205M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G205M and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G205M

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 6 August 2006
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	294 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 348 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	348 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G205M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

294

153

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	294	153
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	989

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	MCP79MX	G71
Launch date	8 January 2009	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1034	1035
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	278 million
Texture fill rate		13.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3