ATI FirePro M7820 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro M7820 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro M7820

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro M7820

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
4.2x better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s vs 26.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro M7820
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Name	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	600.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2709
Geekbench - OpenCL	15792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.902
PassMark - G3D Mark		330
PassMark - G2D Mark		121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3128

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro M7820	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Broadway	G92
Launch date	1 May 2010	31 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1256	1259
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	96
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0