ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	7 January 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
2.6x better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 54.4 gflops
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 93
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 250

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 40
Floating-point performance	144 gflops vs 54.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	211 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 250

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

337

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	93	211
PassMark - G2D Mark	250	337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1693

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M82	RV630
Launch date	7 January 2008	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	719	889
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	54.4 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	40	120
Texture fill rate	2.72 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	35 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	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2 / GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0