ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition vs GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1223	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.97	no data
Architecture	G8x (2007)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	NB8E-SE	R423
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 September 2007 (18 years ago)	1 December 2004 (21 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	625 MHz	475 MHz
Number of transistors	578 Million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	54 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	7.600
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	AGP Pro 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	32 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

no data

2x DVI

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10	9.0b (9_2)
OpenGL	no data	2.0
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 September 2007	1 December 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	54 Watt