NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 196

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 196

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

7.4x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 666 MHz
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 291 vs 39
11.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1244 vs 112
11.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1244 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	291 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1244 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1244 vs 112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

1244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

1244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	39	291
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	112	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	112	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G72	G70
Launch date	22 March 2006	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	1260	1261
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	302 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		86 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		228 mm
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	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3