NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 400 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 122.5 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	1 June 2016 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	122.5 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 148 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 148 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		244
PassMark - G2D Mark		273

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	G70
Launch date	1 June 2016	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	624
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1664
Texture fill rate	122.5 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		226 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3