ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 vs GeForce Go 7600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1303not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG73M66
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2006 (18 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 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 cores1317
Core clock speed450 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors177 million157 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Texture fill rate3.6001.900
ROPs84
TMUs84

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed350 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.12.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7600 and Mobility Radeon X1700. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
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