NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 28
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 620 vs 244
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 620 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 15 May 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620 vs 244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620 vs 244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 95

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	126 vs 95

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	95	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	28
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	10.49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620	244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	G73
Launch date	1 June 2008	15 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$22.99	$149.99
Place in performance rating	1693	1696
Price now	$22.99	$149.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.67	0.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	177 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		24 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2