ATI Radeon HD 5770 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5770

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.3x more boost clock speed: 850 MHz vs 375 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 34.0 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 800 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1341 vs 176
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 333 vs 254
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2799 vs 916
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2799 vs 916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 October 2009 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 375 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1341 vs 176
PassMark - G2D Mark	333 vs 254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2799 vs 916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2799 vs 916

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

5.4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 108 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

333

254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2799

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2799

916

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	1341	176
PassMark - G2D Mark	333	254
Geekbench - OpenCL	10495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	459.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	48.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2799	916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2799	916
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Juniper	G71
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	13 October 2009	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1111	1112
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	20
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity