NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE vs ATI FireGL V7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE and ATI FireGL V7300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

ATI FireGL V7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 97 Watt

Launch date	9 January 2008 vs 1 October 2005
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 97 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 320
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 104

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	322 vs 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

322

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE	ATI FireGL V7300
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	322
PassMark - G3D Mark	104	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE	ATI FireGL V7300
Essentials
Code name	MCP79Mx + NB9M	R520
Launch date	9 January 2008	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	506	503
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		R500
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	97 Watt
Core clock speed		594 MHz
Texture fill rate		9.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count		321 million
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		41.5 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1296 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin