NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M vs ATI FireGL V8650
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M and ATI FireGL V8650 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 688 MHz
- Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 13 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 14 May 2007 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 688 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 13 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650
- 5x more pipelines: 320 vs 64
- 3.4x better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 128 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 407
- Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 550 vs 504
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 320 vs 64 |
Floating-point performance | 440.3 gflops vs 128 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 637 vs 407 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 550 vs 504 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M | ATI FireGL V8650 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 407 | 637 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 504 | 550 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M | ATI FireGL V8650 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | TeraScale |
Code name | G94 | R600 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 14 May 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 372 | 409 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $2,799 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 688 MHz |
CUDA cores | 64 | |
Floating-point performance | 128 gflops | 440.3 gflops |
Gigaflops | 192 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 64 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 13 billion / sec | 11.01 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | |
Transistor count | 505 million | 720 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
Length | 254 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 51 GB / s | 111.1 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory clock speed | 1736 MHz | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
MXM 3.0 Type-B | ||
PCI-E 2.0 | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PowerMizer 8.0 | ||
PureVideo HD |