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.

 

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
50
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 843 845
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