NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 and ATI Mobility Radeon X600 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.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

ATI Mobility Radeon X600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 12 vs 4
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2004 vs 1 June 2004
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	12 vs 4
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 50

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X600

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 205

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 205

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

205

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800	ATI Mobility Radeon X600
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	50
PassMark - G2D Mark	205	209

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800	ATI Mobility Radeon X600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV41	M24
Launch date	8 November 2004	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	883	885
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12	4
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	300 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128 / 256	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCIe