AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.3x more boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
7.9x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
70x more pipelines: 1120 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
19.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2220 vs 115
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 407 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 3 March 2006
Boost clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	407 vs 209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 151 Watt
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 151 Watt
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2220

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

407

209

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	407	209
Geekbench - OpenCL	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Barts	G70
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	3 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	824	828
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1120	16
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	302 million
Core clock speed		400 MHz
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	220 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire