ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 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 3870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 300 MHz
175.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
160x more pipelines: 640 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 32 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 600 MHz
31.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 15

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2008 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	660 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 15

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

6.9x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 204 vs 187

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	204 vs 187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

204

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	15
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	204

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M88	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 September 2008	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	869	872
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	660 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640	4
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	16 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	75 million
Boost clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 54.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
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