NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 430 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 291
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3128 vs 1244
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3128 vs 1244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 January 2008 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	330 vs 291
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128 vs 1244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	196 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

330

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

1244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3128

1244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	330	291
PassMark - G2D Mark	121	196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128	1244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G70
Launch date	31 January 2008	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	1259	1261
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	86 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
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	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3