NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX and ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 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 GTX

ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
24x more pipelines: 96 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
154x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 3
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 175 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2007 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	462 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	175 vs 145

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

33.3x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

145

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
PassMark - G3D Mark	462	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G92	M9+
Launch date	1 November 2007	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1160	1163
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	96	4
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	36 million
Boost clock speed		250 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
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	14.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI