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).

 

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
  • 8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 413 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 413 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
31
79
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
51
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark 31 79
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 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 1635 1636
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