NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE 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 8800 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
18.9x more texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 256 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 39
27.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3128 vs 112
27.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3128 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128 vs 112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 121

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

112

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	39
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G72
Launch date	31 January 2008	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1259	1260
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	112 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	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2