NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M and ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 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 7150M + nForce 630M

ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 192

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 November 2007 vs 28 February 2007
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 192

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 18

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 18

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

194

192

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP
PassMark - G2D Mark	194	192
PassMark - G3D Mark	18	36

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M	ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	MCP67M	RS690
Launch date	16 November 2007	28 February 2007
Place in performance rating	907	910
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	112 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0