NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 360M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 96 vs 64
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 357
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 3076
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 3076

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 21 August 2008
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 64
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 3076

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	72 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3076

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3076

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	357
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	72
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G94
Launch date	7 January 2010	21 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1372	1373
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	96	64
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	192 gflops
Gigaflops	413	240
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	64
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	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	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	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