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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

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 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 412 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	412 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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

412

225

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	59
PassMark - G3D Mark	412	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