NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE 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, 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 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 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 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 95 vs 78
5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 620 vs 111
5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 620 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 22 March 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 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	95 vs 78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 37

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	41 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	95	78
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	41
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	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620	111

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	G72
Launch date	1 June 2008	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$22.99	$32
Place in performance rating	1690	1687
Price now	$22.99	$32
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.67	2.25
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	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 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	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2