NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 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 7800 GTX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 5.4x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 291 vs 34
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 126
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 June 2005 vs 23 October 2003
Texture fill rate 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 291 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 430 MHz
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 86 Watt
Core clock speed 475 MHz vs 430 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 46 Watt vs 86 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
291
34
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
196
126
Name NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark 291 34
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 126
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1244

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rankine
Code name G70 NV36 A1
Launch date 22 June 2005 23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $199
Place in performance rating 1233 1235
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 430 MHz 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 10.32 GTexel / s 1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 86 Watt 46 Watt
Transistor count 302 million 82 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 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 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 38.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR2