ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE 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 FX 5200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1 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
2.4x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 332 MHz
24x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 168 vs 7
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2007 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	168 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	267 vs 170

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

170

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	168	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	267	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1690

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	M76	NV34 A2
Launch date	14 May 2007	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1039	1042
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	1 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	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
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	12.8 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0