NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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 9700M GTS

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 2187
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 2187

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 7 January 2008
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297 vs 2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297 vs 2187

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 530 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 120 vs 48
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 48
Floating-point performance	144 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3297

2187

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3297

2187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	278
PassMark - G2D Mark	38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297	2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297	2187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	M86
Launch date	29 July 2008	7 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1461	1462
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops	144 gflops
Gigaflops	180
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	120
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
PCI-E 2.0