NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
7.8x more texture fill rate: 24.8 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
23.3x better floating-point performance: 595.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 600 MHz
14.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1261 vs 85
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 261 vs 242
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 778
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 778

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 May 2011 vs 1 February 2008
Texture fill rate	24.8 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 16
Floating-point performance	595.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	261 vs 242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341 vs 778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341 vs 778

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 775 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

242

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

778

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3341

778

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	1261	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	261	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	4919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3341	778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3341	778
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF116	G86
Launch date	30 May 2011	1 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1173	1175
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	192	16
Floating-point performance	595.2 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	192	16
Texture fill rate	24.8 billion / sec	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0