ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v vs GeForce 7600 GT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1203 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.01 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G73 | M93 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 March 2006 (18 years ago) | 5 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 560 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 177 million | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.720 | 5.440 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1088 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 12 | 8 |
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-A (3.0) |
| 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 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 12 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 March 2006 | 5 May 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 15 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 545v has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 63.6% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT and Mobility Radeon HD 545v. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 7600 GT is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 545v is a notebook one.
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