NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS 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 7300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 157 vs 79
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 331 vs 277
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 331 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2006 vs 18 January 2006
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	157 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	331 vs 277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	331 vs 277

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 27 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 27 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

157

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

331

277

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

331

277

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	157	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	331	277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	331	277

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	G72
Launch date	22 March 2006	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$84.99
Place in performance rating	1675	1676
Price now	$84.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	112 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	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	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2