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.

 

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
5
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 619 621
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