NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 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 GTS 512

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 564 vs 388
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1015
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1015

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 December 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	564 vs 388
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 1015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 135 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 165 vs 74

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	165 vs 74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

564

388

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

165

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1015

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3342

1015

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	564	388
PassMark - G2D Mark	74	165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342	1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342	1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G71
Launch date	11 December 2007	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	1331	1332
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt	84 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	52.5 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3