NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 6.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 320 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 413 vs 225
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 February 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Texture fill rate 12.31 GTexel / s vs 6.72 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 320 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 513 MHz
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 143 Watt
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 31
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 560 MHz vs 513 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 143 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
31
59
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
225
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark 31 59
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G80 G73
Launch date 12 February 2007 9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $269 $199
Place in performance rating 1635 1637
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $84.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.78

Technical info

Core clock speed 513 MHz 560 MHz
Floating-point performance 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 12.31 GTexel / s 6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 143 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 681 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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 320 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 63.4 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3