ATI FirePro V9800 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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, 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).

ATI FirePro V9800

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
66.7x more pipelines: 1600 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 270
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 264

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

264

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	G71
Launch date	9 September 2010	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	630	631
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1600	24
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0