ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon 9600 TX 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 297 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 4.75 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 792 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • 6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 18
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2007 vs 7 October 2003
Core clock speed 594 MHz vs 297 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.75 GTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 792 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 110 vs 18

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 TX

  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 138 vs 137
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 vs 137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9600 TX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
110
18
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
137
138
Name ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP ATI Radeon 9600 TX
PassMark - G3D Mark 110 18
PassMark - G2D Mark 137 138

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Rage 8
Code name RV630 R300
Launch date 28 June 2007 7 October 2003
Place in performance rating 1163 1166
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 594 MHz 297 MHz
Floating-point performance 142.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 120
Texture fill rate 4.75 GTexel / s 2.376 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 390 million 110 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None Floppy

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.67 GB / s 8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 792 MHz 540 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR