NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 84 Watt
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3237 vs 1015
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3237 vs 1015

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 9 March 2006
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 84 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237 vs 1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237 vs 1015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 388 vs 381
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 165 vs 81

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	388 vs 381
PassMark - G2D Mark	165 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

388

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

165

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

1015

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

1015

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	388
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237	1015
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237	1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G71
Launch date	29 July 2008	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1329	1332
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	84 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD