Radeon HD 6230 vs GeForce 7900 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1184not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.93no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG71Park
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 May 2006 (18 years ago)2 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$259 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 data80
Core clock speed450 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors278 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate9.0005.200
Floating-point processing powerno data0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs208

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 2.0 x16
Length198 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed660 MHz667 MHz
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/s10.67 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-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

7900 GS 253
+41.3%
HD 6230 179

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2006 2 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 19 Watt

HD 6230 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 157.9% lower power consumption.

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