NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.4x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
57.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 231 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	231 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

57.2x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
25x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	95 vs 89

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	231	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	89	95

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G84	NV11 B2
Launch date	1 June 2007	11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1391	1392
Price now	$149.90
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	143 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	2 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0