ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 vs GeForce 7600 GS

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1252not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.04no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)no data
GPU code nameG73RS690M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date22 March 2006 (18 years ago)1 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$84.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data4
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data350 MHz
Number of transistors177 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.800no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs12no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)no data
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2006 1 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 80 nm

7600 GS has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI Xpress X1250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GS and Radeon Xpress X1250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7600 GS is a desktop card while Radeon Xpress X1250 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
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