NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS and ATI Radeon 9000 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 8800M GTS

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
16x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
95.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 4
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 123

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1989

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G92	RV250
Launch date	1 November 2007	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1250	1253
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0