ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP vs GeForce 7600 GT

VS

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)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG73RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 March 2006 (18 years ago)28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 data120
Core clock speed560 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors177 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate6.7206.400
Floating-point processing powerno data0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs128

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 x16AGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s25.6 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 March 2006 28 June 2007
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt

7600 GT has 12.5% lower power consumption.

ATI HD 2600 XT AGP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7600 GT and Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce 7600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.1 177 votes

Rate GeForce 7600 GT on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4 6 votes

Rate Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.