NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 375 MHz
- Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 32 vs 20
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 916
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 916
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 June 2007 vs 18 April 2006 |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz vs 375 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10 GTexel / s vs 7.5 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 32 vs 20 |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1701 vs 916 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1701 vs 916 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
- Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 29 Watt
- Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 178 vs 124
- Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 57
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 29 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 178 vs 124 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 vs 57 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 124 | 178 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 57 | 88 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1701 | 916 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1701 | 916 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G84 | G71 |
Launch date | 1 June 2007 | 18 April 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1564 | 1567 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 375 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 80 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 32 | 20 |
Texture fill rate | 10 GTexel / s | 7.5 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 289 million | 278 million |
Boost clock speed | 375 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-HE | MXM-II |
Laptop size | large | large |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 32.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 500 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1000 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | 256 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 7.0 |