ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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 GTX 260M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
3.6x more pipelines: 400 vs 112
Around 69% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 308 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 500 vs 379
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 148 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 3 March 2009
Pipelines	400 vs 112
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	500 vs 379
PassMark - G2D Mark	148 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
11.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3085 vs 273
11.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3085 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 13 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085 vs 273
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085 vs 273

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

500

379

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

3085

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

3085

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
PassMark - G3D Mark	500	379
PassMark - G2D Mark	148	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	273	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	273	3085

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Madison	G92
Launch date	7 January 2010	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1428	1446
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1375 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	400	112
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	31 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Gigaflops		462
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD