NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 67 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 225 vs 142

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 March 2006 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 67 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	225 vs 142

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 59

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

225

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	225	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	NV40 A1
Launch date	9 March 2006	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1642	849
Price now	$84.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	560 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3