NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 408 vs 381
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	408 vs 381
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 81

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3237 vs 3123
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3237 vs 3123

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3237

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3237
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G92
Launch date	7 January 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1327	1329
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	96	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	240 gflops
Gigaflops	360	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	96
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	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
PureVideo HD