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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

ATI Radeon X800 GT

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	375
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