AMD Radeon HD 6770 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6770 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
  • 5.7x better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1250 vs 462
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 313 vs 175
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2485
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 January 2011 vs 1 November 2007
Texture fill rate 34.0 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 800 vs 96
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1250 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 313 vs 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2485

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 108 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1250
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
313
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2485
Name AMD Radeon HD 6770 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1250 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 313 175
Geekbench - OpenCL 3459
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 615.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 115.157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6770 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Juniper G92
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 21 January 2011 1 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 1139 1141
Price now $76.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 27.17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 800 96
Texture fill rate 34.0 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 754 million
Core clock speed 500 MHz
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI