AMD FirePro V7900 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro V7900 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro V7900

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 300 MHz
16.1x more texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
106.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
21.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2305 vs 106
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 336 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 May 2011 vs 8 November 2004
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2305 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	336 vs 205

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 151 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 151 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro V7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2305

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

205

Name	AMD FirePro V7900	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2305	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	205
Geekbench - OpenCL	27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro V7900	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Curie
Code name	Cayman	NV41
Launch date	24 May 2011	8 November 2004
Place in performance rating	846	849
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	725 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,856.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1280	12
Texture fill rate	58.0 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128 / 256
Shared memory		0