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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT | ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 348 | 115 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 153 | 162 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT | ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Curie | R400 |
Code name | G71 | R430 |
Launch date | 6 August 2006 | 1 October 2005 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $114.95 | |
Place in performance rating | 1036 | 1037 |
Price now | $114.95 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.99 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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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 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |