NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M vs ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M and ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm

Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 8 November 2004
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30 vs 13

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	30 vs 13

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M	ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	188
PassMark - G3D Mark	13	30

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M	ATI Radeon Xpress 200 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	MCP67M	RS480
Launch date	1 February 2006	8 November 2004
Place in performance rating	931	932
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Transistor count	112 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0