GeForce 7900 GTX and Radeon X850 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 7900 GTX vs Radeon X850 XT
GeForce 7900 GTX
399
Radeon X850 XT
83
GeForce 7900 GTX
Radeon X850 XT
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
G71
R480
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2006
December 2004
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
650 MHz
520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
84 Watt
69 Watt
Texture fill rate
15.60
8.320
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
1080 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
34.56 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
3.0
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A