NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 350 MHz
8.8x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 320 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 700 MHz
8.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 February 2007 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	513 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	320 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	417 vs 51

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 31

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	79
PassMark - G3D Mark	417	51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		184

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	NV44 B2
Launch date	12 February 2007	8 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	1636	1637
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	513 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	143 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	75 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	320 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.4 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1584 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2