NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX and ATI Radeon 9100 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 Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 250 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
44x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 6
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2006 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 163

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

163

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	264	6
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 Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	G71	R200
Launch date	12 October 2006	1 April 2003
Place in performance rating	1039	1042
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Core clock speed	575 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II