NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 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 8800 GTS 512

ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
14.9x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 128 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 600 MHz
12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 568 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 December 2007 vs 1 July 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	568 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 110 vs 77

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	110 vs 77

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

568

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	568	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	77	110
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	M18
Launch date	11 December 2007	1 July 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	1308	1310
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	128	8
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	160 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	52.5 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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