NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 4.9x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 280 MHz
- 56x more pipelines: 112 vs 2
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
- 75.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 5
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 29 September 2001 |
Core clock speed | 1375 MHz vs 280 MHz |
Pipelines | 112 vs 2 |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 64 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 379 vs 5 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
- 18.1x more texture fill rate: 560 MTexel / s vs 31 billion / sec
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 65 Watt
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 86 vs 43
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 560 MTexel / s vs 31 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 27 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 86 vs 43 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M | ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 379 | 5 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 43 | 86 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3085 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3085 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M | ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Rage 7 |
Code name | G92 | M7 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 29 September 2001 |
Place in performance rating | 1451 | 1454 |
Type | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1375 MHz | 280 MHz |
CUDA cores | 112 | |
Floating-point performance | 308 gflops | |
Gigaflops | 462 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 150 nm |
Pipelines | 112 | 2 |
Texture fill rate | 31 billion / sec | 560 MTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 27 Watt |
Transistor count | 754 million | 60 million |
Boost clock speed | 280 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Laptop size | large | medium sized |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 61 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 200 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR3 | 64 / 128 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
PureVideo HD |