ATI FirePro V4800 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V4800 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 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: 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).

ATI FirePro V4800

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 15.5 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 400 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 176
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 254
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3326 vs 916
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3326 vs 916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 April 2010 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	400 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204 vs 176
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326 vs 916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326 vs 916

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 69 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 69 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1204

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

456

254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3326

916

Name	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1204	176
PassMark - G2D Mark	456	254
Geekbench - OpenCL	1672
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	56.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326	916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V4800	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Redwood	G71
Launch date	26 April 2010	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$189
Place in performance rating	1112	1115
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	400	20
Texture fill rate	15.5 GTexel / s	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0