GeForce GT 325M vs G105M

Place in the ranking	1365	1311
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.73	1.34
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GT218	GT216
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 July 2009 (16 years ago)	10 January 2010 (15 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 cores	8	48
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.000	7.200
Floating-point processing power	0.03424 TFLOPS	0.09504 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	38	142
ROPs	4	8
TMUs	8	16
L2 Cache	32 KB	64 KB

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 size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options	-	+

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 type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 (DDR2)/700 (GDDR3) MHz	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 (DDR2)/11 (GDDR3)	22.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	VGADual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortHDMI	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support	+	+
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmarks

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce G105M 0.30

GT 325M 0.38
+26.7%

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.

GeForce G105M 133
Samples: 163

GT 325M 169
+27.1%

Samples: 78

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 30 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.30	0.38
Recency	16 July 2009	10 January 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	23 Watt

GeForce G105M has 64.3% lower power consumption.

GT 325M, on the other hand, has a 26.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 months.

The GeForce GT 325M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G105M in performance tests.

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