ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
5.4x more core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
6.8x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 332 MHz
138.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

46x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
53x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	95 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	555	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	95
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Celsius
Code name	RV670	NV11 B2
Launch date	19 November 2007	11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	1392	1393
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	777 MHz	143 MHz
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s	572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	2 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.1 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	DDR