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).

 

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
39
33
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 1220 1221
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