GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition vs GTX 850A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 851 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.23 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | G73B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 March 2014 (11 years ago) | 2 September 2006 (18 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 cores | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 902 MHz | 560 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 936 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 37.44 | 6.720 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.198 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 40 | 12 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 22.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 March 2014 | 2 September 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 40 Watt |
GTX 850A has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
7600 GT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 12.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 850A and GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 850A is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 7600 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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