NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 560 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 40 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1024 MB vs 256 MB
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 308 vs 217
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 64
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1155 vs 565
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1155 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2012 vs 9 March 2006
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1024 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	308 vs 217
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1155 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1155 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
1400x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s

Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

217

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	308	217
PassMark - G2D Mark	128	64
Geekbench - OpenCL	1279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1155	565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1155	565
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	87

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF119	G73
Launch date	2 April 2012	9 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1625	1622
Price now	$39.99	$84.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.13	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	560 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1024 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA