NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX and ATI Radeon 9250 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 7800 GTX

ATI Radeon 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
97x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 291 vs 3
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 June 2005 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	291 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	196 vs 127

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

93x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

127

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	291	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	G70	RV280
Launch date	22 June 2005	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1233	1234
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	36 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	AGP 8x
Length	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR