GeForce 7800 GS 24Pipes AGP vs GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking206not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.17no data
Power efficiency15.20no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP106G70
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)2 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate136.710.20
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4816
TMUs8024

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 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB512 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz625 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s40 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 2 February 2006
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

7800 GS 24Pipes AGP, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce 7800 GS 24Pipes AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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