NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 38 Watt
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 7 January 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 38 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	221 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
2.9x better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 96 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 286
14.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11217 vs 751
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 1570
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 1570

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops vs 96 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 286
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217 vs 751
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 1570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 1570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

645

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

751

11217

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1570

3329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1570

3329

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	286	645
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	751	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	442
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1570	3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1570	3329

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT215
Launch date	3 September 2010	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1385	1387
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1436 MHz
CUDA cores	48	96
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	275.71 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Texture fill rate	3.0 billion / sec	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	38 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	727 million
Gigaflops		413
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	(G)DDR3	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI