NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 84% higher core clock speed: 736 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 35.3 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 273
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1572 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	736 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	447 vs 273
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572 vs 244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

447

273

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1572

244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	447	273
PassMark - G3D Mark	1572	244
Geekbench - OpenCL	27378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF114	G70
Launch date	14 May 2011	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	599	596
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	736 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	288
Texture fill rate	35.3 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm	226 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	91.9 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3