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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G96C | G71 |
Launch date | 15 June 2009 | 1 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1493 | 1495 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $259 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 198 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |