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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

ATI Mobility FireGL 7800

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G92	M7
Launch date	3 March 2009	29 September 2001
Place in performance rating	1453	1456
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
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
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
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
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD