NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS vs ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS and ATI Radeon 9600 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more texture fill rate: 7.5 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 22 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 35
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 147

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2006 vs 1 October 2003
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 22 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 35
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 147

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 XT

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 375 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 375 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	176	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	147
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G71	RV360
Launch date	18 April 2006	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1115	1118
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	22 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0