NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX and ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum 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 7900 GTX

ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.32 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: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1120 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 388 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 March 2006 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1120 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	388 vs 81

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 63 Watt vs 84 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 165

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	63 Watt vs 84 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 165

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

165

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
PassMark - G3D Mark	388	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	165	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX	ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G71	R423
Launch date	9 March 2006	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1333	1000
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt	63 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	160 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	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	35.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3