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.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon 9600 TX

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

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	1160	1163
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