NVIDIA GeForce G205M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G205M and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 48 Watt
- Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 160
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 January 2009 vs 9 March 2006 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 48 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 294 vs 160 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
- 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 92
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 258 vs 92 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G205M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce G205M | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 294 | 160 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 92 | 258 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 989 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 989 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce G205M | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Code name | MCP79MX | G71 |
| Launch date | 8 January 2009 | 9 March 2006 |
| Place in performance rating | 1048 | 1050 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 90 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 48 Watt |
| Transistor count | 210 million | 278 million |
| Texture fill rate | 10.8 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 42.2 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |

