NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 13% higher pipelines: 72 vs 64
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 187.49 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 50
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2502 vs 2414
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2502 vs 2414

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	72 vs 64
Floating-point performance	187.49 gflops vs 169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2502 vs 2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2502 vs 2414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 470

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 12.96 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 470

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

470

534

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

2414

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

2414

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	50
PassMark - G3D Mark	470	534
Geekbench - OpenCL	8132
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2502	2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2502	2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94
Launch date	2 February 2010	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1477	1479
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	187.49 gflops	169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	72	64
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		254
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	175 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.28 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management		8.0