NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 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 2.56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 March 2006 vs 16 January 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 2.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	258 vs 110

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 160

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	166 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

166

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	258	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	166

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G71	NV41
Launch date	9 March 2006	16 January 2005
Place in performance rating	1011	1012
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	2.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	42.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR