NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS 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 7900 GS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 254 vs 192
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2006 vs 8 December 2005
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 254 vs 192

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 68
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 72 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
254
192
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
68
72
Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 254 192
PassMark - G2D Mark 68 72

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name G71 NV40 A1
Launch date 1 May 2006 8 December 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $259 $249
Place in performance rating 1495 1496
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s 5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt
Transistor count 278 million 222 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 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 42.2 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3