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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

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

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	1019	1022
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