ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 vs GeForce 7600 GT AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG73RV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 January 2007 (17 years ago)10 December 2007 (16 years ago)

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 data40
Core clock speed560 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors177 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate6.7202.400
Floating-point processing powerno data0.048 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs124

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s8 GB/s

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-Video2x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2007 10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 50 Watt

7600 GT AGP has 25% lower power consumption.

ATI HD 3450 X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT AGP and Radeon HD 3450 X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP
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