ATI FirePro 2260 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro 2260 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2260 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
5x more pipelines: 40 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 431 vs 220

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2008 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	431 vs 220

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 113

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro 2260 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

128

Name	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
PassMark - G2D Mark	431	220
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	304

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro 2260 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	G73
Launch date	1 January 2008	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	829	830
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	8
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	177 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	128 / 64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0