ATI Radeon X1700 FSC vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 FSC and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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 X1700 FSC

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 587 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 1390 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed 587 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 44 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 1390 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

  • 6.8x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1700 FSC
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Name ATI Radeon X1700 FSC NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 382
PassMark - G2D Mark 159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1989

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1700 FSC NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Essentials

Architecture R500 Tesla
Code name RV535 G92
Launch date 5 November 2007 1 November 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1250
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 587 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 65 nm
Texture fill rate 2.348 GTexel / s 16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 44 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 330 million 754 million
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 160 gflops
Pipelines 64

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 9.0c 10.0
OpenGL 2.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.24 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1390 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0

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