NVS 300 vs Radeon HD 7790

Place in the ranking	579	1394
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.72	0.01
Power efficiency	6.67	1.21
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Bonaire	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	22 March 2013 (12 years ago)	8 January 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$109

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

HD 7790 has 27100% better value for money than NVS 300.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	896	16
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	520 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	56.00	4.160
Floating-point processing power	1.792 TFLOPS	0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	56	8
L1 Cache	224 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	32 KB

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 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm	145 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	790 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	12.64 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.3	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

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.

HD 7790 7.32
+2514%

NVS 300 0.28

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.

HD 7790 3090
+2475%

Samples: 2143

NVS 300 120
Samples: 353

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	7.32	0.28
Recency	22 March 2013	8 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	18 Watt

HD 7790 has a 2514.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 300, on the other hand, has 372.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7790 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7790 is a desktop graphics card while NVS 300 is a workstation one.