NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 98 vs 47

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	98 vs 47

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 668 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 79 vs 23

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 668 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	79 vs 23

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	98	47
PassMark - G3D Mark	23	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		277

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	G72
Launch date	18 January 2006	18 January 2006
Place in performance rating	1416	1682
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.34 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	668 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2