GeForce GTS 250 and GeForce 9800M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce 9800M GT
GeForce GTS 250
616
GeForce 9800M GT
392
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce 9800M GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
G92B
NB9E-GT2
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2009
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
738 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
128
96
Floating-point performance
387.1 gflops
240 gflops
Gigaflops
-
360
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
96
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
24.00
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.0
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A