NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX and ATI Radeon X1900 XTX. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G70GPU NameR580
GF-7800-GTX-A2Model numberR580 XT
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CurieArchitectureR500
TSMCFoundryTSMC
110 nmProcess Size90 nm
302 millionTransistors384 million
333 mm²Die Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 22nd, 2005Release Date2006
GeForce 7 PCIe
(7800)
FamilyRadeon R500 PCIe
(X1900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
599 USDLaunch Price399 USD
GeForce 6 PCIePredecessorRadeon R400 PCIe
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
38.40 GB/sBandwidth49.60 GB/s

Performance

6.880 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.40 GPixel/s
860.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate1.300 GVertices/s
10.32 GTexel/sTexture fillrate10.40 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

600 MHz
1200 Mbps effective
Memory Clock775 MHz
1550 Mbps effective
430 MHzGPU Clock650 MHz

Render Config

24TMUs16
16ROPs16
24Pixel Shaders48
8Vertex Shaders8

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
228 mm
9 inches
Length242 mm
9.5 inches
86 WThermal design power (TDP)135 W
250 WSuggested PSU300 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX9.0c (9_3)
2.1OpenGL2.1 (full)
3.0 (partial)
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model3.0