ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 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 2600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 325 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 5.44 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
32x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 6
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 329 vs 197

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2007 vs 17 February 2004
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	192 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	329 vs 197

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

329

197

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
PassMark - G3D Mark	192	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	329	197
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	M76	NV37
Launch date	14 May 2007	17 February 2004
Place in performance rating	903	892
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	390 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0