RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce 7800 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1152not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.61no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG70AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date22 June 2005 (19 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data3072
Core clock speed430 MHz1635 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2115 MHz
Number of transistors302 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)86 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate10.32203.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.99 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs2496
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 4.0 x16
Length228 mmno data
Width1-slotno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 June 2005 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 86 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 17 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 2100% more advanced lithography process, and 72% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7800 GTX and RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7800 GTX is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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