GeForce 9300M GS GDDR3 vs 7600 GT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1246 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.07 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G73 | G98 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 March 2006 (19 years ago) | 4 June 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | no data | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 560 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 177 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.720 | 2.320 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0232 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 12 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | MXM-I |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 702 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 11.23 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 March 2006 | 4 June 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 13 Watt |
9300M GS GDDR3 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 207.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT and GeForce 9300M GS GDDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 7600 GT is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9300M GS GDDR3 is a notebook one.
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