Radeon RX 5700 XT vs GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 85 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 72 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 47.85 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.27 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | G70 | Navi 10 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 February 2006 (18 years ago) | 7 July 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | no data | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 375 MHz | 1605 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1905 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | 10,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 304.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 9.754 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 160 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 272 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x 6-pin + 1x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | 448.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
| Multi Monitor | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 February 2006 | 7 July 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 225 Watt |
7800 GS AGP has 200% lower power consumption.
RX 5700 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7800 GS AGP and Radeon RX 5700 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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