NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 550 MHz
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
2.5x better floating-point performance: 215.04 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 519 vs 137
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 19 August 2008
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	215.04 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	519 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	171 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 6.7 billion / sec
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1465 vs 690
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1465 vs 690

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 6.7 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1465 vs 690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1465 vs 690

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

690

1465

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

690

1465

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	519	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	171	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	1872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	690	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	690	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G96
Launch date	3 September 2010	19 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1570	1573
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	215.04 gflops	84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	6.7 billion / sec	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
PCI-E 2.0