NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 27 Watt
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 784 vs 331
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 784 vs 331
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 August 2008 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed 580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 27 Watt
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 784 vs 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 784 vs 331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 157 vs 136
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 28
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 157 vs 136
PassMark - G2D Mark 42 vs 28

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
136
157
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
28
42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
331
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 136 157
PassMark - G2D Mark 28 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 784 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 784 331

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G98 G73
Launch date 15 August 2008 22 March 2006
Place in performance rating 1673 1675
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $84.99
Price now $84.99
Value for money (0-100) 2.06

Technical info

Core clock speed 580 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 8
Texture fill rate 4.64 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 27 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 177 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-I PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 11.2 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3 DDR2
Shared memory 0