NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile and ATI FireMV 2200 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile

ATI FireMV 2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile

Around 39% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 324 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 392 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 392 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 23 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile	ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G2D Mark		259
PassMark - G3D Mark		36

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile	ATI FireMV 2200
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G72	RV370
Launch date	18 January 2006	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	660
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	324 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	112 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR