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
GPU 1
GPU 2
122
254
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
74
68
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 1493 1495
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