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.

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI

AMD FireStream 9170

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	293
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