ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 780 vs 484
Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 780 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2007 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	780 vs 484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	780 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

2.2x more texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 102
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 246

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

102

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

246

258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

780

484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

780

484

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	102	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	246	258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	780	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	780	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	M74	NV40 A1
Launch date	14 May 2007	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1161	1162
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	180 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0