ATI FireGL V3600 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V3600 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FireGL V3600

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3600

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
10x more pipelines: 120 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 180 vs 148
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 232

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 1 August 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	180 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 232

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V3600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

232

Name	ATI FireGL V3600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	180	148
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	232
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1755
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1755

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V3600	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	G73
Launch date	28 June 2007	1 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	745	746
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120	12
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	73 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	128
Shared memory		0