GeForce 7300 LE vs Radeon E8860
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon E8860 with GeForce 7300 LE, including specs and performance data.
E8860 outperforms 7300 LE by a whopping 2021% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 732 | 1456 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.38 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Venus | G72 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 January 2014 (11 years ago) | 22 March 2006 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $32 |
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 | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 625 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 112 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 25.00 | 1.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 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 | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 324 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 5.184 GB/s |
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 | 4x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.03 | 0.19 |
| Recency | 25 January 2014 | 22 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
Radeon E8860 has a 2021.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon E8860 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7300 LE in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon E8860 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 7300 LE is a desktop one.
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