AMD Radeon HD 7340 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7340 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7340
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 50 vs 43
- Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 153 vs 123
- Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 862 vs 449
- Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 862 vs 449
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1467 vs 1397
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1467 vs 1397
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 May 2012 vs 17 April 2007 |
Pipelines | 80 vs 32 |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 50 vs 43 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 153 vs 123 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 862 vs 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 862 vs 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1467 vs 1397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1467 vs 1397 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- Around 3% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 523 MHz
Core clock speed | 540 MHz vs 523 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7340
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7340 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 312 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 312 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 50 | 43 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 153 | 123 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 359 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 862 | 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 862 | 449 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1467 | 1397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1467 | 1397 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7340 | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Terascale 2 | Tesla |
Code name | Zacate | G84 |
Launch date | 1 May 2012 | 17 April 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $552.69 | $159 |
Place in performance rating | 1621 | 1624 |
Price now | $552.69 | |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 0.45 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 680 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 523 MHz | 540 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 80 | 32 |
Floating-point performance | 76.16 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 8.6 billion / sec | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 47 Watt | |
Transistor count | 289 million | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | |
Memory |
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Shared memory | 1 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | |
Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR3 | |
Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
Length | 170 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Technologies |
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