NVIDIA GeForce G205M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G205M and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 40 Watt
- 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 111
- 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 989 vs 441
- 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 989 vs 441
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 January 2009 vs 17 April 2007 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 40 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 294 vs 111 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 989 vs 441 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 989 vs 441 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 450 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 92
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 459 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 115 vs 92 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G205M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce G205M | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 294 | 111 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 92 | 115 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 989 | 441 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 989 | 441 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce G205M | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | MCP79MX | G86 |
Launch date | 8 January 2009 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1048 | 1549 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 459 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 40 Watt |
Transistor count | 210 million | 210 million |
Floating-point performance | 14.688 gflops | |
Pipelines | 8 | |
Texture fill rate | 3.67 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR2 |