NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G71 | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G71-U-N-A2 | N10E-GS |
| Architecture | Curie | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 196 mm² | 144 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 9th, 2006 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 145 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 6 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 8 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 550 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 3.6 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1375 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 51.20 GB/s | 57.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 24 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 96 |
| SM count | — | 12 |
| Cache L2 | — | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.40 GPixel/s | 4.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.300 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 15.60 GTexel/s | 17.60 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 264.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 84 W | 38 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | — |
| Board number | P348 | — |
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 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 200M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 100M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 300M |
