ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2400 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX 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 Radeon HD 2400

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 40 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 February 2008 vs 12 October 2006
Pipelines	40 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 283

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 398 MHz
8.7x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 121
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 951 vs 635
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 951 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	951 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	951 vs 635

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

283

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

635

951

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

635

951

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	264
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	635	951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	635	951

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV610	G71
Launch date	19 February 2008	12 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1052	1053
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	24
Texture fill rate	1.592 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	180 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II