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
GPU 1
GPU 2
294
111
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
92
115
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
989
441
Name NVIDIA GeForce G205M NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2