NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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, 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 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 6.72 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
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 565
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 6.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 47 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 124
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 64 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 540 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	217 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	64 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

217

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1397

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	124	217
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	64
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G73
Launch date	17 April 2007	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$199
Place in performance rating	1627	1628
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI