NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 110 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
44.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark		202
PassMark - G2D Mark		413

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	G71
Launch date	1 July 2006	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	384
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	278 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	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
Length		270 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	23.2 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3