Radeon E6460 vs GeForce 7800 GTX

Place in the ranking	1154	1139
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.61	2.34
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G70	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	22 June 2005 (19 years ago)	7 April 2011 (13 years 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 cores	no data	160
Core clock speed	430 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	302 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	86 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.32	4.800
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	24	8

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	228 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	25.6 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	3.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

7800 GTX 0.75

Radeon E6460 0.84
+12%

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.

7800 GTX 290

Radeon E6460 323
+11.4%

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	0.75	0.84
Recency	22 June 2005	7 April 2011
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	110 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	86 Watt	25 Watt

Radeon E6460 has a 12% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 175% more advanced lithography process, and 244% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E6460 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 7800 GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 7800 GTX is a desktop card while Radeon E6460 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.