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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

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

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	1231	1233
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