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).

 

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 1110 1112
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