NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 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 7300 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 40 Watt

Launch date	15 May 2006 vs 9 March 2006
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 40 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 126
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 28
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 565 vs 244
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 565 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	225 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	565 vs 244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	565 vs 244

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

225

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	225
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	244	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	244	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	G73
Launch date	15 May 2006	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1696	1642
Price now	$149.99	$84.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.94	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	177 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 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	10.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3