NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS and ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 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 9300 GS

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later

Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 7 January 2008

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 567 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
15x more pipelines: 120 vs 8
6.4x better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 8
Floating-point performance	144 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G98	M86
Launch date	1 June 2008	7 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.95
Place in performance rating	1469	1470
Price now	$59.95
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	120
Texture fill rate	4.54 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCI-E 2.0