GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs 7300 GS Low Profile

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated99
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.39
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG72TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 January 2006 (18 years ago)7 December 2021 (3 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 coresno data2176
Core clock speed450 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Number of transistors112 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rate1.800224.4
Floating-point processing powerno data7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs4136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed266 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth4.256 GB/s336.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 January 2006 7 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 184 Watt

7300 GS Low Profile has 700% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Low Profile
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