GeForce GTX 280M and GeForce 7600 GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280M vs GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce GTX 280M
592
GeForce 7600 GS
162
GeForce GTX 280M
GeForce 7600 GS
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N10E-GTX
G73
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2009
March 2006
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
MXM-IV
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B
-
Core clock speed
585 MHz
400 MHz
CUDA cores
128
-
Floating-point performance
374.5 gflops
-
Gigaflops
562
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
177 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
-
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
27 Watt
Texture fill rate
38 billion/sec
4.800
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 950 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Power management
8.0
-