NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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 GX2

ATI Radeon X800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
55.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 986 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 202 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2006 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	202 vs 84

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 110 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	423 vs 413

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

423

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2	ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	202	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	423

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2	ATI Radeon X800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G71	R430
Launch date	5 June 2006	1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	378	371
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	40 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
Length	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 38.4 GB / s	31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR