NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 vs ATI FireGL V7100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 and ATI FireGL V7100 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 7600

ATI FireGL V7100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2006 vs 1 December 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 72

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7100

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 507 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 6.084 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 1040 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 223 vs 220

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	507 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.084 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	223 vs 220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

220

223

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600	ATI FireGL V7100
PassMark - G3D Mark	128	72
PassMark - G2D Mark	220	223

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600	ATI FireGL V7100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G73	R480
Launch date	1 March 2006	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	779	782
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,099
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	6.084 GTexel / s
Transistor count	177 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		91 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		211 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	33.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	128 / 64	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0