ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP 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 X1600 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 9 March 2006

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 41 Watt
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 41 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		225
PassMark - G2D Mark		59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		565

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV530	G73
Launch date	1 October 2007	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1642
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	157 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	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3