NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 328
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3123 vs 2160
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3123 vs 2160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 28 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 384 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 1249 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 240 gflops
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 1249 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	264 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

328

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

2160

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	328
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	2160
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G92
Launch date	7 January 2010	28 April 2008
Place in performance rating	1410	1413
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$49.99
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	1375 MHz
CUDA cores	96	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	264 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	96
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	26.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	754 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way	2-way
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI