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).

 

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
6
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 899 900
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