AMD Radeon HD 6230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Park | G73 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Park S3 LP | G73-GT-N-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 177 million |
| Die size | 59 mm² | 125 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 2nd, 2011 | Mar 9th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | GeForce 6 PCIe |
| Successor | Southern Islands | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
| Reviews | — | 83 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 560 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 667 MHz 1334 Mbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 80 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.600 GPixel/s | 4.480 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.200 GTexel/s | 6.720 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 104.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 700.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 19 W | 40 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | — | P456 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
