NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS vs ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and ATI Radeon 9600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 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 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 158 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 1 October 2003
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 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	158 vs 27

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 37

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

158

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	158	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	ATI Radeon 9600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G73	RV350
Launch date	22 March 2006	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.99
Place in performance rating	1685	1176
Price now	$84.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR