AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
17x more texture fill rate: 40 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8
57.1x better floating-point performance: 1,280 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 800 MHz
17.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2174 vs 126
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 462 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 February 2012 vs 26 November 2009
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 8
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2174 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	462 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

4x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2174

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

309

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2174	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	462	309
Geekbench - OpenCL	14263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	153.657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	711

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	GT218
Design	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	15 February 2012	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	557	555
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	8
Stream Processors	640
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	260 million
Core clock speed		589 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync