NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT vs ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT and ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP 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 7950 GT

ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 980 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 348 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 August 2006 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 980 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	348 vs 115

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 162 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	162 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

348

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

162

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	348	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	162

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G71	R430
Launch date	6 August 2006	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$114.95
Place in performance rating	1035	1036
Price now	$114.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	49 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	980 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3