ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT vs GeForce 7800 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1154not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.61no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)no data
GPU code nameG70M28Pro
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 June 2005 (19 years ago)8 June 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data22
Core clock speed430 MHz6 MHz
Boost clock speedno data480 MHz
Number of transistors302 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)86 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.32no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Length228 mmno data
Width1-slotno data

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 typeGDDR3256
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz550 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 110 nm 130 nm

7800 GTX has a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7800 GTX and Mobility Radeon X800XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7800 GTX is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon X800XT is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
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