NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2006 vs 9 March 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 59

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 350 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 51
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 565 vs 184
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 565 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	225 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	565 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	565 vs 184

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	225
PassMark - G2D Mark	79	59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	184	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	184	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV44 B2	G73
Launch date	8 August 2006	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1636	1637
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Transistor count	75 million	177 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3