GeForce Go 7600 vs GTS 450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	726	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.57	no data
Power efficiency	2.23	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	GF106	G73
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 September 2010 (14 years ago)	1 March 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	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	192	13
Core clock speed	783 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	450 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	177 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.06	3.600
Floating-point processing power	0.6013 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	350 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	11.2 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	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API 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	4.2	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 September 2010	1 March 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm

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