ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 83% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 325 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
- Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 792 MHz vs 700 MHz
Launch date | 28 June 2007 vs 14 April 2004 |
Core clock speed | 594 MHz vs 325 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 130 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 792 MHz vs 700 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800
- Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.75 GTexel / s
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 110
- Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 137
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 5.2 GTexel / s vs 4.75 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 113 vs 110 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 258 vs 137 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 110 | 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 137 | 258 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 484 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 484 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP | NVIDIA GeForce 6800 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
Code name | RV630 | NV40 A1 |
Launch date | 28 June 2007 | 14 April 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 1160 | 1162 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $39.99 | |
Price now | $39.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.61 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 594 MHz | 325 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 142.56 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 130 nm |
Pipelines | 120 | |
Texture fill rate | 4.75 GTexel / s | 5.2 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | |
Transistor count | 390 million | 222 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 12.67 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 792 MHz | 700 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | DDR |