NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 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 Go 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 375 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 7.5 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 112 vs 20
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 178
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 916
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 916

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 7.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 20
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 916

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

178

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3304

916

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3304

916

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	454	178
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	88
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304	916
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304	916

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G71
Launch date	21 July 2008	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	1063	1567
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	375 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112	20
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	7.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		375 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
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	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	500 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI