NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 650 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 1015
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 1015
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 388

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2009 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309 vs 1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309 vs 1015
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 388

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 141 Watt
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 165 vs 83

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 Watt vs 141 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	165 vs 83

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

1015

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

1015

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

165

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

388

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	1015
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	165
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	388

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92B	G71
Launch date	16 January 2009	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	1329	1332
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt	84 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
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-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	70.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI