ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 82% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 532 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 168 vs 59
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 166
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2007 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 168 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 267 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
59
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
267
166
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G3D Mark 168 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 267 166
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1690

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Curie
Code name M76 NV40 A1
Launch date 14 May 2007 30 September 2005
Place in performance rating 1018 1021
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 275 MHz
Floating-point performance 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 130 nm
Pipelines 120
Texture fill rate 4 GTexel / s 2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 390 million 222 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II AGP 8x
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 532 MHz
Memory type DDR2, GDDR3 DDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PowerPlay 7.0