NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 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 GTX

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 445 MHz
20.7x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 1.78 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 128 vs 4
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
13.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 579 vs 43
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 252
13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 19 January 2006
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 445 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 1.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 4
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	579 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 252

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 92

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	226 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

579

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	579	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	226
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	252

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G80	M54
Launch date	8 November 2006	19 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1278	1280
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	445 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128	4
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	1.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		445 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
SLI