NVIDIA GeForce 8300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | C78 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 127 mm² | 169 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NB9P-GE1-A2 |
| Foundry | — | TSMC |
Integrated Graphics
| Release date | Apr 17th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 IGP | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCI | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 IGP | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 IGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 475 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1500 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Memory clock | System Shared | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | System Shared | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | System Dependent | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| SM count | 2 | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.000 GPixel/s | 3.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.000 GTexel/s | 7.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 48.00 GFLOPS | 60.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 40 W | 20 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Feb 1st, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9M (9500M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 100M |
