NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

ATI Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 30 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 July 2006 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		242

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G73	RV370
Launch date	1 July 2006	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	755
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	23.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR