NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 350 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 7.5 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 37
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 254 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2006 vs 15 December 2004
Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 37
PassMark - G2D Mark	254 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

146

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache
PassMark - G3D Mark	176	37
PassMark - G2D Mark	254	146
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	NV44 A2
Launch date	18 April 2006	15 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1115	1116
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	375 MHz
Core clock speed	375 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	20
Texture fill rate	7.5 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0