GeForce 9300 GE vs GTS 250M

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking994not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.53no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT215G98
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$22.99

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 cores968
Core clock speed500 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors727 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)28 Wattno data
Texture fill rate16.004.320
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPS0.0208 TFLOPS
Gigaflops360no data
ROPs84
TMUs328

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2000 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsHDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTS 250M 553
+591%
9300 GE 80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 1 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm

GTS 250M 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 GTS 250M and GeForce 9300 GE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 250M is a notebook card while GeForce 9300 GE 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 GTS 250M
GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 9300 GE

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.


3.7 7 votes

Rate GeForce GTS 250M on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.8 71 vote

Rate GeForce 9300 GE 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.