GeForce 7900 GTX and GeForce 7800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GTX vs GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7900 GTX
399
GeForce 7800 GTX
299
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7800 GTX
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G71
G70
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2006
June 2005
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Core clock speed
650 MHz
430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
302 million
Power consumption (TDP)
84 Watt
86 Watt
Texture fill rate
15.60
10.32
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
38.4 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
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A