GeForce 7800 GT and Radeon X1800 XL - video card comparison
GeForce 7800 GT
Radeon X1800 XL
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
G70
R520
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2005
October 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
400 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
110 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
302 million
321 million
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
8.000
8.000
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
32 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A