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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
294
160
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
92
258
Name NVIDIA GeForce G205M NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
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

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name MCP79MX G71
Launch date 8 January 2009 9 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1018 1021
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz
Memory type GDDR3