NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1260 MHz vs 400 MHz
99750x more texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 90 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 256 MB
Around 49% higher memory clock speed: 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz

Launch date	11 Jan 2022 vs 1 July 2006
Core clock speed	1260 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

13x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
PassMark - G2D Mark	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	26568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Curie
Code name	GA102	G73
Launch date	11 Jan 2022	1 July 2006
Place in performance rating	5	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1260 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8960
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x Molex
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	23.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR3