NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 67 Watt

Launch date	15 May 2006 vs 14 April 2004
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 67 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

2x more texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 142 vs 126
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 28

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	142 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 28

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	NV40 A1
Launch date	15 May 2006	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.99
Place in performance rating	1696	849
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	222 million
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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3