NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 48x more pipelines: 96 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
  • 57.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 8
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 143
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2007 vs 1 May 2003
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 462 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 175 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
462
8
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
175
143
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 462 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 175 143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2485

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Rage 7
Code name G92 RS300
Launch date 1 November 2007 1 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1141 1143
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 300 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 96 2
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 76 million
Boost clock speed 300 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-HE AGP 8x
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 8.1
OpenGL 3.3 1.4

Memory

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

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI