NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS AGP 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 7900 GS AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 450 MHz
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

Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 2 April 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS AGP

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 700 MHz

Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	42
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 7900 GS AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G71
Launch date	17 April 2007	2 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1621	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
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	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
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