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).

 

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 90
PassMark - G2D Mark 29
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 1646
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

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