NVIDIA GeForce 9200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE 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 9200

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 79
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 502 vs 111
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 502 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	502 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	502 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 27

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	27	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	502	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	502	111

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	C78	G72
Launch date	17 April 2007	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1683	1684
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$32
Price now		$32
Value for money (0-100)		2.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	112 million
Texture fill rate		2.8 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		666 MHz
Memory type		DDR2