NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 325 MHz
7.9x more texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.3 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 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 291 vs 33
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 June 2005 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	291 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	196 vs 129

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

129

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	291	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G70	NV35
Launch date	22 June 2005	12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1261	1263
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	135 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		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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR