ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 3870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 450 MHz
39x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2008 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	660 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 138

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 187

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	198 vs 187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

198

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	198

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M88	NV41
Launch date	1 September 2008	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	881	883
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	660 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640	12
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		450 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	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 54.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0