ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 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.

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 560 MHz
33.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.72 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Launch date	7 November 2008 vs 8 January 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 560 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

6.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	R700	G73
Launch date	7 November 2008	8 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$420
Place in performance rating	275	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 800
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 63.7 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3