NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 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 7600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 37
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 331
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 331

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	42 vs 37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 47 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 158 vs 131

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	158 vs 131

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

158

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

331

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

331

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	131	158
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	37
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G73
Launch date	17 April 2007	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$84.99
Place in performance rating	1621	1685
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$84.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	177 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI