NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 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 8700M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 990 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 95.04 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 29 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 170 vs 124
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2145 vs 1701
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2145 vs 1701

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	990 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	95.04 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 29 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	170 vs 124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2145 vs 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2145 vs 1701

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 49

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2145

1701

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2145

1701

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	170	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	49	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	5606
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2145	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2145	1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G84
Launch date	10 January 2010	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1552	1555
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	990 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	95.04 gflops	80 gflops
Gigaflops	142
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
SLI
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0