NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 440 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 10.56 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 240 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 1100 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 210
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 575
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 575

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 440 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515 vs 210
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 575

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 204 Watt
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 76

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 76

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1515

210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

575

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

575

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515	210
PassMark - G2D Mark	76	239
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347	575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347	575

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	G70
Launch date	23 December 2008	29 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1187	1190
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	440 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	24
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	302 million
Boost clock speed		440 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	550 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI