ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 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 X2500

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 235 vs 232

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 1 August 2006
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	460 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	235 vs 232

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

2.9x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	148 vs 82

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

232

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	148
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	232

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M66	G73
Launch date	1 June 2007	1 August 2006
Place in performance rating	740	741
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	460 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	460 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12	12
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	64 / 128	128
Shared memory	yes	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0