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).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

258

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
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
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	NV40 A1
Launch date	28 June 2007	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1163	1165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
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