ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 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
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 3 March 2006
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	480 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

3.3x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

209

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	209

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M71	G70
Launch date	1 March 2007	3 March 2006
Place in performance rating	822	823
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	16
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	302 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	128	256
Shared memory	no	0