GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a vs ATI Radeon 9700

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1425not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.26no data
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameR300C67
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (22 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 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.

Core clock speed275 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors110 million112 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.2000.43
ROPs81
TMUs81

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCI
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyno 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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed270 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth17.28 GB/sno data

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 VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 150 nm 90 nm

7025 + nForce 630a has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9700 and GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a. We've got no test results to judge.


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