NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 475 MHz
  • 3.5x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 72% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 986 MHz
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate 13.2 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz vs 986 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 108 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

Name NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 423

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 ATI Radeon X800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Curie R400
Code name G70 R430
Launch date 14 November 2005 1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating not rated 376
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 13.2 GTexel / s 3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 302 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 228 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s 31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz 986 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR

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