NVIDIA GeForce G205M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G205M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce G205M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
13x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 182 Watt
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 16 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 182 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	294 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

2.8x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
13.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 92
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 989
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 989

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G205M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

294

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1208

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G2D Mark	294	53
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	1208
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	989	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	989	3342
Geekbench - OpenCL		19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	MCP79MX	GT200
Launch date	8 January 2009	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1048	1396
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		476.9 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		192
Texture fill rate		36.9 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
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" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		896 MB
Memory bandwidth		111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width		448 Bit
Memory clock speed		999 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI