NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
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 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 39 vs 33
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	39 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 129

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 666 MHz

Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

129

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	39	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	251	129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G72	NV35
Launch date	22 March 2006	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1219	1220
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	135 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	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR