NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 13.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 348

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	454	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G71
Launch date	21 July 2008	6 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$114.95
Place in performance rating	1063	1066
Price now	$103.99	$114.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI