ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 51 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	51 vs 24

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

212

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	212

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M71	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 March 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	827	829
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	480 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4	4
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	128	64
Shared memory	no	0
Technologies
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