NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition

Description

This is a comprehensive analysis comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT AGP on one side and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition on the other side.

The first video card was released on May 15th, 2006. This GPU is equipped with 128 MB of DDR2 memory, with a bandwidth of 10.40 GB/s. The architecture of this card: base clock of and a boost clock of , TDP of this video card is 24 W.

The second video card was released on Sep 21st, 2007 and comes with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, with a bandwidth of 32.26 GB/s. This GPU also has a base clock of and a boost clock of , and it has a TDP of 75 W.

This table also comprises board specifications, pixel and texture filtration, launch price, and benchmarks such as G3DMark, PassMark G2D, 3DMark Firestrike, FPS, and Hashrate.

Key Differences

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT AGP:

  • Passmark PassMark G2D is 9.09%: higher: 33 vs 30.
  • Consumes less energy: 75 W vs 24 W.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition is newer: launch date is Sep 21st, 2007.
  • Up to 210.19% higher bandwidth: 32.26 GB/s vs 10.40 GB/s.
  • More memory size (RAM): 512 MB vs 128 MB.
  • Passmark G3DMark is 12.5%: higher: 153 vs 136.

Technical specifications

brand iconNVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT AGP brand iconNVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
GPU Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT AGP NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS Mac Edition
GPU Variant: G73-VZ-N-B1 G84-400-A2
Processor: Curie Tesla
Foundry: TSMC TSMC
Technology: 90 nm 80 nm
Transistors: 177 million 289 million
Die Size: 125 mm² 169 mm²
General information
Release Date: May 15th, 2006 Sep 21st, 2007
Availability: - -
Generation: GeForce 7 AGP (7300) GeForce 8 (8600)
Predecessor: GeForce 6 AGP GeForce 7 PCIe
Successor: GeForce 8 GeForce 9
Production: End-of-life End-of-life
Launch Price: - -
Current Price: - -
Bus Interface: AGP 8x PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews: 42 in our database 183 in our database
Clock Speeds
Base Clock Speed: - -
Boost Clock Speed: - -
SOC clock: - -
UVD clock: - -
Memory Clock: 325 MHz 650 Mbps effective 1008 MHz 2 Gbps effective
Memory specs
RAM: 128 MB 512 MB
Type of memory: DDR2 GDDR3
Memory Bus: 128 bit 128 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 10.40 GB/s 32.26 GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units: - 32
TMUs: 8 16
ROPs: 8 8
Compute units: - -
Tensor Cores: - -
RT Cores: - -
L0 Cache: - -
L1 Cache: - -
L2 Cache: - 32 KB
L3 Cache: - -
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Fillrate: 2.800 GPixel/s 5.400 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate: 2.800 GTexel/s 10.80 GTexel/s
FP32 (float): - 92.80 GFLOPS
Board specs
Slot Width: Single-slot Single-slot
Length: - -
Width: - -
Height: - -
TDP: 24 W 75 W
Suggested PSU: 200 W 250 W
Outputs: 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 2x DVI
Power Connectors: None 1x 6-pin
Part Number: - -
Board Number: P501 P401
Technology Support
DirectX: 9.0c (9_3) 11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL: 2.1 3.3
OpenCL: N/A 1.1
Vulkan: N/A N/A
CUDA: - -
Shader Model: - -

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