ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 3870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 500 MHz
35.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 587 vs 210

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 January 2008 vs 1 August 2006
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	587 vs 210

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 125 vs 117

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	125 vs 117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

587

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

117

125

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	587	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	117	125
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	R680	G73
Launch date	26 January 2008	1 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	1208	1209
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 320	12
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 57.7 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0