NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce G205M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 4.1x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
  • 6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 601 vs 92
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 989
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 989
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 March 2009 vs 8 January 2009
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 601 vs 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

  • 10.7x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 59
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 294 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G205M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
601
92
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
989
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 NVIDIA GeForce G205M
PassMark - G3D Mark 601 92
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 989

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92B MCP79MX
Launch date 4 March 2009 8 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 1038 1025
Price now $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI