GeForce 7600 GT vs 7800 GT

Place in performance ranking	1149	1168
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G70	G73
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 August 2005 (18 years old)	9 March 2006 (18 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$199
Current price	$225 (0.5x MSRP)	$123 (0.6x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

7800 GT and 7600 GT have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	400 MHz	560 MHz
Number of transistors	302 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	40 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	6.720

Size and 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	226 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	22.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

API support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

7800 GT 0.63
+12.5%

7600 GT 0.56

7800 GT outperforms 7600 GT by 13% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

7800 GT 244
+12.4%

7600 GT 217

7800 GT outperforms 7600 GT by 12% in Passmark.