ATI FireMV 2400 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2400 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FireMV 2400 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCI

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

3.8x more texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB

Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2400 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Name	ATI FireMV 2400 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1267

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2400 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Tesla
Code name	RV380	G84
Launch date	1 January 2008	31 December 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1649
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		60.8 gflops
Pipelines		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VHDCI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	MXM-II
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0b	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0