Quadro RTX 8000 Passive vs GeForce 7600 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1252not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.04no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG73TU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2006 (18 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$84.99 $9,999

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 data4608
Core clock speed400 MHz1230 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1620 MHz
Number of transistors177 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800466.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.93 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs12288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s672.0 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-Video4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2006 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 260 Watt

7600 GS has 863% lower power consumption.

RTX 8000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GS and Quadro RTX 8000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7600 GS is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation one.


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