ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go 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 GeForce4 448 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
32x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 6
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 329 vs 199

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2007 vs 1 March 2002
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	192 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	329 vs 199

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

147.1x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

329

199

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	192	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	329	199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Celsius
Code name	M76	NV18 A4
Launch date	14 May 2007	1 March 2002
Place in performance rating	921	923
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	390 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0