GeForce GT 320 OEM vs 9300M GS

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG98GT215
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)2 February 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores872
Core clock speed550 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors210 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt43 Watt
Texture fill rate4.40012.96
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPS0.1875 TFLOPS
Gigaflops34no data
ROPs48
TMUs824

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-IPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data175 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s25.28 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 2 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 43 Watt

9300M GS has 230.8% lower power consumption.

GT 320 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9300M GS and GeForce GT 320 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9300M GS is a notebook card while GeForce GT 320 OEM is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
GeForce 9300M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
GeForce GT 320 OEM

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.3 161 vote

Rate GeForce 9300M GS on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.1 61 vote

Rate GeForce GT 320 OEM on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.