NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G72 | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GF-7300GS-N-A3 | GT218-670-B1 |
| Architecture | Curie | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 81 mm² | 57 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jan 18th, 2006 | Mar 12th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 7 PCIe | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 42 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 6 PCIe | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | GeForce 8 | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 450 MHz | 589 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 266 MHz 532 Mbps effective | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1402 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 4.256 GB/s | 5.328 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 3 | — |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 900.0 MPixel/s | 2.356 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 337.5 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.800 GTexel/s | 4.712 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 44.86 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 23 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P381 | P691, P872, P874 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
