NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 412 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 92% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 730 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 264 vs 57
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2006 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	264 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

160

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	264	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	283	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	951

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G71	R360
Launch date	12 October 2006	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1053	1056
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Core clock speed	575 MHz	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	700 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II