ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 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 Mobility Radeon HD 2300

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 480 MHz vs 375 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	480 MHz vs 375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 8 vs 4
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 51

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8 vs 4
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	69 vs 51

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

209

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
PassMark - G3D Mark	51	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	209

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	M71	NV43 A2
Launch date	1 March 2007	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	826	837
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	480 MHz	375 MHz
Core clock speed	480 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	4	8
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	400 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	128	128
Shared memory	no	0