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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 254 | 192 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 68 | 72 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |