NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 560 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1023 vs 565
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1023 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 62% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz

Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023	565
PassMark - G3D Mark		225
PassMark - G2D Mark		59

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	G73
Launch date	4 December 2007	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1650	1642
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3