NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 333 MHz
10.4x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 43
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2006 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 333 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 43
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 163

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

163

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	264	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	283	163
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	951

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G71	M10
Launch date	12 October 2006	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	1051	1054
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Core clock speed	575 MHz	333 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s	1.332 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	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	44.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II