ATI Mobility Radeon X700 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X700 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	200 vs 198

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 12 vs 8
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 138 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Boost clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	12 vs 8
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	138 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

198

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X700	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	200	198

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X700	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	M26	NV41
Launch date	1 March 2005	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	882	883
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	8	12
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	120 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		89 Watt
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	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	128	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCIe