NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 4.8 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
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 159 vs 52
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 331 vs 88
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 331 vs 88

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 15 December 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	159 vs 52
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	331 vs 88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	331 vs 88

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 39

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

331

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

331

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
PassMark - G3D Mark	159	52
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	331	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	331	88

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	NV44 B2
Launch date	22 March 2006	15 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.99
Place in performance rating	1681	1683
Price now	$84.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	75 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		165 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR