GeForce 7600 GS AGP vs Radeon R7 240

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	849	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.16	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Oland	G71
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	8 October 2013 (10 years ago)	1 July 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$69	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	no data
Core clock speed	no data	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	27 Watt
Texture fill rate	14.00	6.000
Floating-point performance	0.448 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	1x Molex

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	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	23.2 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 October 2013	1 July 2006
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	27 Watt

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