ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3470

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 560 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 764 vs 565
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 764 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 40 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

2.1x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 119
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 64 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	217 vs 119
PassMark - G2D Mark	64 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

217

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

565

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	119	217
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	G73
Launch date	23 January 2008	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1623	1626
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3