NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G71GPU NameG94B
G71-U-N-A2Model numberG94-300-B1
CurieArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
90 nmProcess Size55 nm
278 millionTransistors505 million
196 mm²Die Size196 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 9th, 2006Release DateOct 12th, 2009
GeForce 7 PCIe
(7900)
FamilyGeForce 200
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 6 PCIePredecessorGeForce 9
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
51.20 GB/sBandwidth57.60 GB/s

Performance

10.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate10.40 GPixel/s
15.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate15.60 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective
650 MHzGPU Clock650 MHz

Render Config

24TMUs24
16ROPs16

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
84 WThermal design power (TDP)75 W
250 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Display ConnectorsNo outputs
1x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
P348Board NumberP545

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
2.1OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
3.0Shader Model4.0