NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 141 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 83

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 16 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 141 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 83

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 1249 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
Around 96% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 408
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 3123
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 3123

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 1249 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 96
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

494

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3309

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	494
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3309
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		108.412

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G92B
Launch date	7 January 2010	16 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1328	1329
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	1836 MHz
CUDA cores	96	128
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	470.0 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	128
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	141 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, HDTVDual Link DVI
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
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way	2-way3-way
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1100 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI
3D Vision