GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1026 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | G7x (2005−2006) |
| GPU code name | M98 | G70M |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (17 years ago) | 29 September 2005 (20 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 | 800 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 16 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 440 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 604 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | no data |
| TMUs | 40 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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 | large |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
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 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 54.4 GB/s | no data |
| 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 outputs | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | GDDR3 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 29 September 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 110 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4850 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 4850 and GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI. We've got no test results to judge.
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