AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970M and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 7970M

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 400 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
14.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3569 vs 244
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 496 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569 vs 244
PassMark - G2D Mark	496 vs 273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3569

244

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

273

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3569	244
PassMark - G2D Mark	496	273
Geekbench - OpenCL	17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Wimbledon	G70
Launch date	24 April 2012	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	609	599
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	68 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		226 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0