NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M and NVIDIA GeForce 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 49 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 May 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 68

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 254 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	254 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	74	68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2058
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2058

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	G71
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1491	1493
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$259
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0