NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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 9800M GS

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.3x more texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 144 gflops
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 2187
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 2187

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 7 January 2008
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 144 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 2187

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 88% higher pipelines: 120 vs 64
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 64
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

2187

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

2187

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414	2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414	2187

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	M86
Launch date	1 November 2008	7 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1461	1464
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops	144 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	120
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec	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
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	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
Power management	8.0
PCI-E 2.0