ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 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) 2 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 160
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 14 May 2007 vs 9 March 2006 |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 90 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 267 vs 160 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
- 2.7x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
- Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 800 MHz
- Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 258 vs 168
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 10.8 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 258 vs 168 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 168 | 258 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 267 | 160 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1690 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1690 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
Code name | M76 | G71 |
Launch date | 14 May 2007 | 9 March 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1018 | 1020 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 450 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 120 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 120 | |
Texture fill rate | 4 GTexel / s | 10.8 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 390 million | 278 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 48 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1320 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2, GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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PowerPlay 7.0 |