Laptop graphics card comparison-Comparison of graphic cards

Comparison of graphic cards

In the following we will briefly list all graphics cards which are available for notebooks at the market today. the GPUs are sorted by performance and classified in different classes. to get a better overview on current laptop graphic cards, older cards can be greyed out.

For more informations Please refer to our benchmark lists and gaming performance list.

Class 1

High end graphics cards-

These cards are compareable to enthusiasm desktop graphics cards, like the 9800 m gt. the cards have a similar core, as their desktop counterparts, but are clocked lower and often have less shader processors. modern games like age of Conan, race driver grid, Call of Duty 4, mass effect, or gothic 3 shocould run fluently with high details (crysis shocould run in medium to high details ).

» ATI mobility radeon HD 4870x2

~ 100%

Two mobility radeon HD 4870 in crossfire mode (similar to SLI). doubles the power consumption but shows only 0-50% better performance (depends on the game support, drivers and settings ).
550 MHz, 1600-uniied, dx10.1 | 888 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 m gtx sli

~ 78%

Two 9800 m gtx mixed red with SLI. about 0-40% faster depending on the game/benchmark. as all SLI combinations, the 9800 m gtx sli suffers from micro stuttering with low frame rates. in SLI mode enormous energy consumption.
500 MHz, 224-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce GTX 280 m

~ 85%

The geforce GTX 280 m is based on the g92b chip with the full range of 128 pipelines and therefore is similar to the desktop 9800 GTX + (but not similar to the GTX 280 ). due to more pipelines and a higher clock, it is considerable faster than the 9800 m gtx.
585 MHz, 128-uniied, dx10 | 950 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 m gt sli

~ 99%

Two 9800 M Gt in SLI comination. the 9800 m gt is identical like the 8800 m gtx regarding the technical data. therefore, the performance can be compared with the 8800 m gtx sli. according to the SLI support, the performance is 0-40% better than a single 9800 m gt. micro stutterings can occur like with all SLI combinations.
500 MHz, 192-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 m gts sli

Two 9800 m gts graphics card in SLI mode. the two cards are somewhere between 0-40% faster than a single GTS and need the twice amount of current. as all SLI combinations, micro stuttering can be an issue.
600 MHz, 128-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 3870x2

~ 93%

Two mobility radeon 3870 graphics cards (on mxm boards) combined in crossfire mode. the crossfire mode is compareable to the SLI solution by nvidia and shocould perform about 20-40% better than a single 3870. as all multi GPU solutions today, the HD 3870x2 suffers from micro stuttering (at frame rates around 30 FPS ).
660 MHz, 640-uniied, dx10.1 | 850 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 8800 m gtx sli

~ 84%

Two NVIDIA geforce 8800 m gtx are combined by SLI with the purpose to offer the fastest graphic performance for laptops. directX 10 games shoshould run fluently with high details. currently the SLI is solution is only 0-9% faster than a single 8800 m gtx in games (in 3 dmark up to 36% ).
500 MHz, 192-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 3850x2

~ 91%

The x2 consists out of two effecty radeon HD 3850 in crossfire mode. According to AMD the performance shocould be compareable to an 8800 m gtx sli.
580 MHz, 640-uniied, dx10.1 | 750 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 m

~ 76%

Professional high-end mobile workstation graphics card with certified drivers. features even more shaders than the 9800 m gtx (128 versus 112) at compareable clock speed.
550 MHz, 128-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 4870

~ 73%

Higher clocked mobility radeon HD 4850 with gddr5 memory. The clock rates lie below the desktop 4850. Still the current consumption is very high.
550 MHz, 800-uniied, dx10.1 | 888 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce GTX 260 m

The NVIDIA geforce GTX 260 m is basically a higher clocked geforce 9800 m gtx in 55nm and based on the g92b core (therefore not compareable to the desktop GTX 260 ). compared with the 9800 m gtx, The GTX 260 m is produced in 55nm and therefore higher clocked.
550 MHz, 112-uniied, dx10 | 950 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 M GTX

~ 76%

As the 8800 m gtx, The 9800 m gtx is based on the G92 chip, but has more unified shaders. this provides enough performance for high details in demanding DirectX 10 games like crysis, bioshock, or age of Conan. the integrated purevideo HD engine can assist the CPU in decoding HD videos.
500 MHz, 112-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 4860*

40nm rv740 core (the desktop version is called HD 4750) that features less shader cores than the mobility HD 4850 (640 like the desktop HD 4830) and only a 128 bit memory bus. because of the high core clock and gddr5 memory, the card shoshould perform pretty well.
650 MHz, 640-uniied, dx10.1 | 1000 MHz, 128 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 4850

~ 77%

Based on the desktop HD 4850 but with slower clock rates. The current consumption ranges from 45 to 65 Watt for the 4800 series.
500 MHz, 800-uniied, dx10.1 | 850 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 M GT

~ 70%

Based on the G92 core, but only with 96 shaders. The performance shocould be similar to the 8800 m gtx. purevideo HD supports the CPU in decoding HD videos.
500 MHz, 96-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce GTS 160 m

55nm version of The geforce 9800 m gts with the current comsumtion of the 9800 m gs and therefore even apt for 15 "laptops.
600 MHz, 64-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 M GTS

~ 69%

Based on the desktop 9600 gt (g94 core), The 9800 m gts is produced either in 65 nm (512 MB) or 55 nm (1024 MB ). the performance of the GTS is compareable to the GT version (due to the higher clock speed ). the purevideo HD engine supports the CPU in decoding HD videos.
600 MHz, 64-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 8800 M GTX

~ 70%

The NVIDIA geforce 8800 m gtx is based upon the desktop G92 chip and offers clearly better performance than the geforce 8700 m gt and 8800 m gts due to 256 bit memory bus.
500 MHz, 96-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9800 M GS

~ 63%

As the 9800 m gts, The 9800 M Gs is based on the g94 core but features a lower clock speed. it is manufactured in 55 nm and therefore has a lower Max current consumption (60 W ). the integrated purevideo HD engine is able to decode HD videos.
530 MHz, 64-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 9700 M GTS

~ 58%

The 9700 m gts is not based on the g96 (as the GT) but on the g94 core with 48 shaders. purevideo HD helps the CPU in decoding HD videos.
530 MHz, 48-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700 m

~ 58%

Professional Mobile workstation card with certified drivers. Based on the geforce 9700 m gts.
530 MHz, 48-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» ATI mobility radeon HD 3870

~ 57%

Higher clocked plugin ty radeon HD 3850, also manufactured in 55 nm and with DirectX 10.1 support. The avivo hd video engine helps the CPU in decoding HD videos.
660 MHz, 320-uniied, dx10.1 | 850 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce go 7950 GTX sli

~ 55%

2x by SLI combined geforce 7950 GTX graphic cards at a chipset NVIDIA nforce 4 SLI. Very high DirectX 9 performance and high heat creation characterize these two cards.
575 MHz, 48/16 pixel-/vertexshader, dx9c | 700 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce go 7900 GTX sli

~ 52%

Two NVIDIA geforce go 7900 GTX graphics cards are bounded by SLI. Depending on the SLI support of the game, the performance advantage of the 2nd card can be between 0-50%.
500 MHz, 48/16 pixel-/vertexshader, dx9c | 600 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 8800 M GTS

~ 57%

The NVIDIA geforce 8800 m gts is based upon the specified Tio G92 chip and offers a better performance than the geforce 8700 m gt due to a 256 bit memory bus and much more shaders. the amount of shaders is lower than with the GTX version (64 versus 96 ).
500 MHz, 64-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600 m

~ 69%

The professional graphic card for CAD, DCC and visualising applications is based upon the 8800 m gtx (according to GPU-Z on the GTS ). therefore, the graphic card offers eminent performance values but with high current consumption. dedicated drivers grant an errorfree and faster representation with professional applications than the geforce models.
500 MHz, 96-uniied, dx10 | 800 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce go 7950 GTX

~ 51%

The NVIDIA geforce go 7950 GTX is top of the mobile graphic cards line from NVIDIA (of the 7000 Series) and successor of 7900 GTX graphics card. It has the same current consumption as the 7900 GTX card an still performs very good in DX9 games.
575 MHz, 24/8 pixel-/vertexshader, dx9c | 700 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 m

~ 41%

The Quadro FX 3500 m is the fastest professional workstation graphic card for laptops frpm NVIDIA. Probably it is based NVIDIA geforce go 7950gtx. therefore also a good gaming performance can be expected.
575 MHz, 24/8 pixel-/vertexshader, dx9c | 700 MHz, 256 bit

» NVIDIA geforce 8700 m gt sli