NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M 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 GT 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
2.5x better floating-point performance: 240 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 145
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 29

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 8 January 2009
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 145
PassMark - G2D Mark	50 vs 29

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 28 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

145

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
PassMark - G3D Mark	554	145
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	29
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2744

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G96
Launch date	15 June 2009	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1529	1530
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	96	32
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	96 gflops
Gigaflops	360	144
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	32
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	9.6 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	Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	16 (DDR2) / 25 (GDDR3)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
PCI-E 2.0