GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs 305M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGT218G70
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)14 November 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed525 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors260 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt108 Watt
Texture fill rate4.20012.00
Floating-point processing power0.0368 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops55no data
ROPs416
TMUs824

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data228 mm
Widthno data2-slot

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s51.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.13.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 14 November 2005
Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 108 Watt

GeForce 305M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 671.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 305M and GeForce 7800 GTX 512. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 305M is a notebook card while GeForce 7800 GTX 512 is a desktop one.


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