NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G70 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GF-7800-GTX-A2 | NB9P-GS1-A2 |
| Architecture | Curie | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 110 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 333 mm² | 169 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 22nd, 2005 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Launch price | 599 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 206 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 6 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 8 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 430 MHz | 625 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 38.40 GB/s | 25.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 24 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 32 |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 6.880 GPixel/s | 5.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 860.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 10.32 GTexel/s | 10.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 80.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 228 mm 9 inches | — |
| TDP | 86 W | 29 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P402, P409 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 13th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9M (9600M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 100M |
