NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 440 MHz vs 331 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 10.56 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 131
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 210 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	440 MHz vs 331 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.56 GTexel / s vs 1.324 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 131
PassMark - G3D Mark	210 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

131

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G2D Mark	239	131
PassMark - G3D Mark	210	24
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	575

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G70	R350
Launch date	29 September 2005	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1200	1201
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	440 MHz
Core clock speed	440 MHz	331 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	10.56 GTexel / s	1.324 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	550 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0