NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI and AMD FireStream 9170 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G2D Mark 493
PassMark - G3D Mark 647

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI AMD FireStream 9170

Essentials

Architecture G9x TeraScale
Code name NB8E-GTX RV670
Launch date 19 November 2007 8 November 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 295
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 192 320
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1508 Million 666 million
Floating-point performance 512.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 12.8 GTexel / s

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size large
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video