ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
8.3x more pipelines: 400 vs 48
3.3x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 90 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 507 vs 330
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 151 vs 79

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 23 October 2008
Pipelines	400 vs 48
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	507 vs 330
PassMark - G2D Mark	151 vs 79

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

2.5x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2239 vs 273
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2239 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2239 vs 273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2239 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

507

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

2239

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

2239

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	507	330
PassMark - G2D Mark	151	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	273	2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	273	2239

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Madison	G94
Launch date	7 January 2010	23 October 2008
Place in performance rating	1434	1435
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	400	48
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	15.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA