NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI FireGL X1-256 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 325 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 620 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 March 2006 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	258 vs 59

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 48 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 167 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 48 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	167 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

167

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	258	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	167

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G71	R300
Launch date	9 March 2006	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1020	1023
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	42.2 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR