GeForce 7300 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	R500 (2005−2007)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	M66	G73
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2006 (20 years ago)	26 August 2006 (19 years ago)

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 cores	17	no data
Core clock speed	475 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	475 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	157 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	24 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.900	1.400
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	4	4

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

2x DVI

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2006	26 August 2006
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB