GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce 7950 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce 7950 GT
354
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 7950 GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
G92
G71
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2008
August 2006
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
432.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
278 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
-
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
43.2 billion/sec
13.20
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
44.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
Via Adapter
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A