GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X vs 7600 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1207not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG73GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)19 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data4864
Core clock speed560 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors177 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate6.720253.1
Floating-point processing powerno data16.2 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs12152
Tensor Coresno data152
Ray Tracing Coresno data38

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s608.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 19 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 225 Watt

7600 GT has 462.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.


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