ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X1650 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.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 4.75 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 44 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 23 August 2006
Texture fill rate	4.75 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 44 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 85

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 77% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 792 MHz
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 594 MHz
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 792 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

241

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	137	241

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV630	RV535
Launch date	28 June 2007	23 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1153	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	142.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	4.75 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.67 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3