AMD Radeon R7 M265DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M265DX 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M265DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 499 vs 244
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2014 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 vs 244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 273 vs 138
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 273 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M265DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
273
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
499
244
Name AMD Radeon R7 M265DX NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL 15678
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 273
PassMark - G3D Mark 499 244

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M265DX NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Curie
Code name Jet G70
Launch date 7 January 2014 11 August 2005
Place in performance rating 1157 624
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Price now $80
Value for money (0-100) 3.16

Technical info

Boost clock speed 855 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Transistor count 1,040 million 302 million
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 226 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3