GeForce 7950 GT and GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i - video card comparison
GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G71
C79
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2006
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCI
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Core clock speed
550 MHz
450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
16
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
40 Watt
Texture fill rate
13.20
3.600
Memory type
GDDR3
System Shared
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
System Shared
Memory bus width
256 Bit
System Shared
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
System Shared
Memory bandwidth
44.8 GB/s
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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
11.1 (10_0)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
3.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A