NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 350 MHz
7.1x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 32 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 vs 52
7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 224
7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 224

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	124 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701 vs 224

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 114 vs 57

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	114 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

114

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

224

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1701

224

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
PassMark - G3D Mark	124	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701	224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701	224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G72
Launch date	1 June 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1555	1557
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32	4
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II