NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 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 FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 39 vs 34
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	39 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 666 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

126

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	39	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	126
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G72	NV36 A1
Launch date	22 March 2006	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1228	1230
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	82 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		46 Watt
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
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2