Matrox Parhelia APVe vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of Matrox Parhelia APVe and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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.

Matrox Parhelia APVe

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia APVe

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 264

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2006 vs 18 April 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 264

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
12x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
54x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 270 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	270 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Matrox Parhelia APVe
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

264

Name	Matrox Parhelia APVe	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	5	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	264

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox Parhelia APVe	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia	Curie
Code name	Parhelia-512	G71
Launch date	14 June 2006	18 April 2006
Place in performance rating	649	651
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Pipelines		24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
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
Length	168 mm
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0c
OpenGL	1.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR	256
Shared memory		0