NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS vs ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS and ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 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 9700M GTS

ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 280 MHz
24x more pipelines: 48 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
55.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 29 September 2001
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 280 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	278 vs 5

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

44x more texture fill rate: 560 MTexel / s vs 12.72 GTexel / s
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 60 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 86 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	560 MTexel / s vs 12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	86 vs 38

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	278	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	86
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G94	M7
Launch date	29 July 2008	29 September 2001
Place in performance rating	1454	1455
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	280 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops
Gigaflops	180
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48	2
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s	560 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	60 million
Boost clock speed		280 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64 / 128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD