ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 50 Watt

Launch date	25 July 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 78% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
5.3x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 36 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 98
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 260

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 40
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 36 gflops
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 98
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 260

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

371

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	283
PassMark - G2D Mark	260	371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M82	RV630
Launch date	25 July 2008	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	642	643
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	36 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	40	120
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR4
Shared memory	0