ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 7.21 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 30x more pipelines: 240 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 128
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 220
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 November 2007 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed 601 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.21 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 240 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 292 vs 128
PassMark - G2D Mark 344 vs 220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
128
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
344
220
Name ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
PassMark - G3D Mark 292 128
PassMark - G2D Mark 344 220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2648

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Curie
Code name R600 G73
Launch date 6 November 2007 1 March 2006
Place in performance rating 780 782
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 601 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 240 8
Texture fill rate 7.21 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 720 million 177 million
Boost clock speed 450 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 350 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 128 / 64
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0