NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 and ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 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 7700

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 August 2006 vs 1 February 2006
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	148 vs 92

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 236 vs 232

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 232

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

236

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark	148	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	236

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	M56
Launch date	1 August 2006	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	736	738
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	12	12
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	177 million	157 million
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	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	15.04 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	940 MHz
Memory type	128	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0