NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 120 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
3x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 140
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 28

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 140
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 28

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

140

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	554	140
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	28
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1679

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G96
Launch date	15 June 2009	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1532	1533
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	120 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	80 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size	large	medium sized
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
PCI-E 2.0