NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 199 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2006 vs 24 February 2005
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	199 vs 198

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 12 vs 4
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 138 vs 45

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	12 vs 4
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	138 vs 45

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

199

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	199	198

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	NV41
Launch date	1 September 2006	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	882	884
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	4	12
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		89 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	32	256
Shared memory	0	0