ATI FireMV 2250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2250 and NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FireMV 2250

NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	290 vs 288

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 89 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	89 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

290

288

Name	ATI FireMV 2250	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	46	89
PassMark - G2D Mark	290	288

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2250	NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV516	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 January 2007	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	569	571
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3