ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
66.7x more pipelines: 800 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 45 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 763 vs 106
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 8 November 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	763 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

763

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

205

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	763	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Broadway	NV41
Launch date	7 January 2010	8 November 2004
Place in performance rating	847	849
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	800	12
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	222 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	MXM-III
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	128 / 256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a