ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2400 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 Radeon HD 2400

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 February 2008 vs 6 August 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 398 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 348 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	348 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

153

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV610	G71
Launch date	19 February 2008	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1064	1066
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	1.592 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	180 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3