NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
VS
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
VS
GeForce 7900 GS AGP

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

2
Place in performance rating
not rated
Ampere
Architecture
Curie
24 September 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
2 April 2006 (15 years ago)
$1,499
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$3495 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
no data
3.86
Value for money
no data
Ampere GA102
GPU code name
G71
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1400 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
556.0
Texture fill rate
9.000
10496
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1700 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
28,300 million
Number of transistors
278 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
AGP 8x
313 mm
Length
no data
1x 12-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP can be seen in this section.

GDDR6X
Memory type
GDDR3
24 GB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
19500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
936.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

no data
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
no data
OpenGL
2.1
no data
Vulkan
N/A
no data
Shader Model
3.0
no data
OpenCL
N/A

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce 7900 GS AGP graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 or GeForce 7900 GS AGP good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GeForce 7900 GS AGP
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

98.72% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 90 nm)

More memory bandwidth (936.2 GB/s vs 42.24 GB/s)

Advantages of GeForce 7900 GS AGP

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 24 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 or GeForce 7900 GS AGP?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 versus GeForce 7900 GS AGP performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce 7900 GS AGP