Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce 7900 GTX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 7900 GTX and Radeon R5 230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

7900 GTX
2006
512 MB GDDR3, 84 Watt
1.00
+75.4%

7900 GTX outperforms R5 230 by an impressive 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10981203
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.822.08
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG71Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)3 April 2014 (10 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 data160
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate15.605.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs248

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 1.0 x4
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinN/A

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth51.2 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, 1x VGA
Eyefinity-+
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire-+
​PowerPlayno data+
DDMA audiono data-

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)DirectX® 11
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/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.

7900 GTX 1.00
+75.4%
R5 230 0.57

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 GTX 387
+75.1%
R5 230 221

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 1.00 0.57
Recency 9 March 2006 3 April 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 19 Watt

7900 GTX has a 75.4% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 342.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 7900 GTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
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AMD Radeon R5 230
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