NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 138 vs 31
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 29 vs 16

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2006 vs 11 October 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	138 vs 31
PassMark - G2D Mark	29 vs 16

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	138	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	29	16
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	C61
Launch date	15 May 2006	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.99
Place in performance rating	1695	1697
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt
Transistor count	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR2