NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE and ATI Radeon 9250 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 SE

ATI Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 400 MHz
13x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 39 vs 3
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	39 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 127

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

685.7x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

127

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	39	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	G72	RV280
Launch date	22 March 2006	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1226	1240
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	36 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	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR