NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 990 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
6.5x better floating-point performance: 95.04 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 115
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2145 vs 441
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2145 vs 441

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	990 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 8
Floating-point performance	95.04 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 115
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2145 vs 441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2145 vs 441

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 49

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2145

441

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2145

441

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	170	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	49	111
Geekbench - OpenCL	5606
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2145	441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2145	441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G86
Launch date	10 January 2010	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1547	1549
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	990 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	95.04 gflops	14.688 gflops
Gigaflops	142
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	8
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
SLI