NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 430 MHz
  • 4.9x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
  • 3.5x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 256 MB
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 291
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3195 vs 1244
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3195 vs 1244
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 January 2009 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 896 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1385 vs 291
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3195 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3195 vs 1244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 219 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1134 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 67
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 86 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1385
291
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
67
196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3195
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3195
1244
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1385 291
PassMark - G2D Mark 67 196
Geekbench - OpenCL 23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3195 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3195 1244

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Curie
Code name GT200B G70
Launch date 15 January 2009 22 June 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $599
Place in performance rating 1233 1236
Price now $119.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 1404 MHz 430 MHz
CUDA cores 240
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 240
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion / sec 10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 219 Watt 86 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 302 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 228 mm
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 127.0 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 448 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1134 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI