NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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 GTS 250M

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 459 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
16.3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 40 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 115

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 50

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	554	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	111
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G86
Launch date	15 June 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1535	1537
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	14.688 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
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	51.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI