NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 475 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	131 vs 85

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 810 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	810 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	131	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	46
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G72
Launch date	17 April 2007	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1621	1623
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	112 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI