NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 7800 GTX sales 22 June 2005 at a recommended price of $599 . This is a Curie architecture desktop card based on 110 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 228 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 86 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.75% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce 7800 GTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 1115 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | G70 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 June 2005 (18 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
| Current price | $176 (0.3x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
GeForce 7800 GTX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 7800 GTX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 430 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 86 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 10.32 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 7800 GTX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
| Length | 228 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 7800 GTX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 7800 GTX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce 7800 GTX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 7800 GTX. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce 7800 GTX is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
GeForce 7800 GTX's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 7800 GTX is Radeon HD 2900 GT, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 7800 GTX:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce 7800 GTX according to our statistics.
