NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 532 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 166

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

166

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G3D Mark	39	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	166
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	NV40 A1
Launch date	22 March 2006	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1260	1051
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 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	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2